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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE'S 
PLAYS  IN  QUARTO 

1594-1709 


PUBLISHED  UNDER  THE  AUSPICES 

OF  THE 

ELIZABETHAN   CLUB 

YALE  UNIVERSITY 


A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE'S 
PLAYS  IN  QUARTO 

1594-1709 


By 

Henrietta  C.  Bartlett 

AND 

ALFRED  W.  POLLARD 


NEW  HAVEN:    YALE  UNIVERSITY  PRESS 

LONDON:    HUMPHREY  MILFORD 

OXFORD  UNIVERSITY  PRESS 

MDCCCCXVI 


COPYRIGHT.  1916 
By  YALE  UNIVERSITY  PRESS 


Published  March.  1916 
Five  Hundred  Copies  Printed  from  Type 


DEDICATED 
TO  THE  MEMORY  OF 

THOMAS    RAYNESFORD    LOUNSBURY 

PROFESSOR    OF  ENGLISH   IN    YALE    UNIVERSITY 

BY  THE  ELIZABETHAN  CLUB 
AND  THE  EDITORS 


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INTRODUCTION. 

Few  literary  prophecies  have  been  so  strikingly  fulfilled  as  that  of  "A 
neuer  writer"  who  in  the  preface  which  follows  the  revised  title  of  the  first 
edition  of  Troilus  and  Cressida  (1609)  predicted  of  Shakespeare  "when 
hee  is  gone  and  his  Commedles  out  of  sale  you  will  scramble  for  them,  and 
set  up  a  new  English  Inquisition."  It  used  to  be  thought  much  to  say  of  a 
book  that  it  was  worth  its  weight  in  gold,  but  copies  of  the  earliest  Shake- 
speare quartos  are  worth  their  weight  in  banknotes  and  those  notes  by  no 
means  for  the  smallest  sums.  Nor  is  this  money  value  unreasonable.  It 
is  based,  as  all  money  values  will  be  found  to  be  in  the  case  of  books,  on 
intrinsic  interest,  the  intrinsic  interest,  in  this  case,  of  the  plays  in  them- 
selves and  secondly  of  these  early  editions  as  such.  It  is  enhanced,  more- 
over, as  money  values  must  always  be,  if  they  are  to  exceed  the  ordinary, 
by  an  exceptional  degree  of  rarity. 

We  may  take  the  question  of  rarity  first,  as  the  more  quickly  dealt  with. 
How  great  it  is  this  Census  itself  abundantly  reveals.  Of  the  earliest 
quarto  with  which  Shakespeare's  name  has  been  connected,  the  1594  edition 
of  Titus  Andronicus  (we  may  both  hope  and  believe  that  Shakespeare's 
share  in  it,  if  any,  was  of  the  very  smallest)  only  one  copy  is  known.  Of 
the  second,  the  first  edition  of  Richard  II,  three  copies  are  recorded,  two 
of  them  in  solid  public  ownership  and  so  presumably  beyond  any  chance  of 
changing  hands.  Of  the  third,  the  first  edition  of  Richard  III,  there  are 
four  copies  and  a  fragment,  of  which  two  and  the  fragment  are  unpur- 
chasable.  Of  the  pirated  Romeo  and  Juliet  of  1597  only  four  copies  are 
registered,  three  of  them  publicly  owned;  of  the  better  text  of  1599  as  many 
as  eleven,  of  which  no  fewer  than  seven  are  in  private  hands.  In  the  case  of 
the  First  Part  of  Henry  IV  there  is  a  fragment  of  four  leaves,  which  may 
be  the  scanty  remains  of  an  entire  edition  published  early  in  1598,  and  three 
copies  (two  in  public  ownership)  of  the  edition  of  that  year  which  usually 
passes  as  the  first.  Of  Love's  Labors  Lost  reasons  have  been  given  in 
Shakespeare  Folios  and  Quartos*  (pp.  70  sq.)  for  believing  that  a  pirated 
first  edition  has  entirely  perished.  Of  the  good  text  of  1598,  which  passes 
as  the  first,  there  are  as  many  as  ten  copies,  no  fewer  than  six  being  in 
private  hands.  The  fact  that  nearly  as  large  a  number  of  copies  exist  of 
this  quarto  as  of  Burby's  edition  of  Romeo  and  Juliet  reinforces  the  argu- 
ment for  a  pirated  edition  of  the  one  play  as  of  the  other  having  helped, 
by  taking  off  the  edge  of  the  demand,  to  save  Burby's  from  being  thumbed 
to  pieces.  On  the  other  hand  it  can  only  be  reckoned  a  coincidence,  though 
a  very  curious  one,  that  the  present  ownership  of  the  ten  copies  of  the 
one  play,  and  of  the  eleven  of  the  other  is  with  one  exception  exactly  the 

•Shakespeare  Folios  and  Quartos:  a  study  in  the  bibliography  of  Shakespeare's  plays, 
1594-1685.    By  Alfred  W.  Pollard.    With  37  illustrations.    Methuen  and  Co.     1909. 

[  ix  ] 


INTRODUCTION 


same.*  Three  other  cases  need  special  mention,  the  first  of  these  being  the 
Second  Part  of  Henry  IV,  of  which  Sheet  E  in  the  first  edition  exists  in  two 
states,  four  copies  of  the  first  and  four  of  the  second  issue  being  in  public 
ownership,  and  three  of  the  first  and  six  of  the  second  in  private.  In  the 
case  of  Hamlet  we  have  a  double  complication,  an  earlier  text  and  a  later, 
and  for  the  later  text  two  states  of  the  title-page.  Of  the  earlier  edition 
only  two  copies  are  known  (one  public,  one  private)  ;  of  the  later  text  three 
copies  with  the  title-page  dated  1604  (one  public,  two  private),  and  two 
(both  public)  with  the  last  figure  of  the  date  altered  to  a  5.  Lastly  of 
Troiliis  and  Cressida  there  are  two  issues  of  1609,  one  with  a  mention  on 
the  title  of  its  having  been  acted  (two  copies  in  public  ownership,  one  in 
private),  the  other  (five  public,  two  private)  withdrawing  this  statement 
and  adding  the  preface,  from  which  we  have  already  quoted,  which  takes 
credit  for  the  play  "not  being  sullied  with  the  smoaky  breath  of  the  multi- 
tude." Adding  the  editions  which  need  no  comment  to  those  already 
mentioned  we  can  present  the  whole  series  of  First  Editions  in  a  list, 
variant  issues  being  counted  together,  but  editions  with  different  texts  kept 
apart.* 

First  Editions. 


Public  Ownership.  Private  Ownership.       Total. 


Titus  Andronicus,  1594 

Richard  II,  1597 

Richard  III,  1597 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  First  Text,  1597 
Romeo  and  Juliet,  Second  Text,  1599 
Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1598       .      . 
Love's  Labors  Lost,  1598     . 
Merchant  of  Venice,  1600  . 

Henry  V,  1600 

Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  1600 
Henry  IV,  Part  II,  1600     .      . 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  1600 
Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  1602 
Hamlet,    First  text,    1603    . 
Hamlet,  Second  text,  1604-05 
King  Lear,  1608       ... 
Troilus  and  Cressida,  1609 
Othello,    1622      .... 


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•The  fragment  of  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  from  the  Perry  Collection  is  reckoned  with  the  1598 
edition,  as  if  the  same  text.  Logically,  either  the  fragment  or  the  3  copies  of  the  1598  edition 
should  be  excluded. 

1  The  Elizabethan  Club  owns  a  copy  of  Romeo  and  Juliet  and  none  of  Love's  Labors  Lost. 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  owns  a  copy  of  Love's  Labors  Lost  and  none  of  Romeo  and  Juliet. 
The  other  owners  are  the  Bodleian  Library,  the  Earl  of  Ellesmere  (each  copy  having  been 
catalogued  by  the  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater  in  1649),  the  British  Museum,  Edinburgh 
University  (each  copy  presented  by  William  Drummond  of  Hawthornden),  Mr.  Folger  (two 
copies  of  Love's  Labors  Lost  and  three  of  Romeo  and  Juliet),  Mr.  Huntington  (two  of  each) 
and  Mr.  W.  A.  White. 

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INTRODUCTION 

Thus  of  these  eighteen  editions  which,  as  we  shall  see,  have  great,  if 
varying,  importance  for  the  construction  of  a  text,  the  average  number  of 
copies  extant  is  just  eight  apiece,  and  less  than  half  of  these  are  in  private 
hands,  though  probably  enough  remain  unregistered  to  bring  the  two  classes 
to  an  equality  and  make  the  average  number  of  copies  still  extant  nine 
instead  of  eight. 

The  hypothetical  pirated  First  Edition  of  Love's  Labors  Lost,  if  it  ever 
existed,  has  left  no  trace  behind  except  a  possible  allusion  on  the  title-page 
of  Burby's  edition.  The  First  Edition  of  Henry  IF,  Part  I,  is  represented 
by  a  fragment  of  four  leaves,  Titus  Andronictis  by  one  copy,  the  first 
Hamlet  by  two,  Richard  H  by  three,  the  first  Romeo  and  Juliet  by  four, 
Richard  HI  by  four  and  a  bit,  the  Merry  Wives  and  second  Hamlet  by 
five,  Henry  V  by  six.  There  is  no  seven,  nor  nine,  nor  twelve,  nor  four- 
teen, nor  sixteen;  otherwise  from  zero  to  seventeen  all  the  numbers 
are  filled.  Is  there  any  basis  for  a  guess,  or  guesses,  why  so  many  more 
copies  of  some  plays  should  have  been  preserved  than  of  others?  Mr. 
Falconer  Madan,  in  commenting  on  the  story  of  the  original  Bodleian 
copy  of  the  First  Folio,  which  disappeared  from  the  library  in  the  Seven- 
teenth Century  (it  was  probably  sold  as  a  duplicate  when  the  third  edition 
appeared  in  1663)  and  was  bought  back  in  1906  for  £3000,  found  evi- 
dence of  the  degrees  of  popularity  of  different  plays  in  the  comparative 
amount  of  wear  and  tear  shown  by  the  leaves  on  which  they  were  printed. 
We  may  safely  invert  the  deduction  and  connect  the  disappearance  of 
copies  with  the  popularity  of  the  plays,  or  (which  is  not  quite  the  same 
thing)  their  vogue  with  the  play-reading  public  at  the  moment  of  issue. 
It  is  noteworthy  that  the  four  quartos  which  everyone  admits  to  have  been 
pirated,  the  first  Romeo  and  Juliet,  Henry  V ,  the  Merry  Wives  and  the 
first  Hamlet,  only  muster  seventeen  copies  between  them,  or  just  half  the 
average  of  the  First  Quartos  as  a  whole.  We  are  not  to  attribute  this 
fewness  of  copies  to  any  high  minded  objection  of  book  buyers  to  piracy, 
leading  them  to  purchase  copies  in  order  to  burn  them,  or  even  to  burn 
them  after  they  had  been  read,  as  scrupulous  people  might  burn  foreign 
editions  of  copyright  novels  which  they  had  brought  home  to  finish.  We 
should  rather  remember  that  the  pirate  ex  hypothesi  always  got  out  his 
edition  at  least  a  little  before  the  time  when  the  players  would  have  printed 
the  play  of  their  own  accord.  If  he  could  not  effect  his  piracy  when  the 
vogue  of  a  play  was  at  its  height,  he  must  needs  come  in  as  soon  as  possible 
after  this,  or  he  would  have  had  no  temptation  to  take  the  risk  of  getting 
himself  into  trouble.  What  concerns  us  is  that  the  nearer  to  the  psycho- 
logical moment  his  edition  appeared  the  more  likely  would  it  be  to  be 
thumbed  to  pieces. 

Turning  to  the  quartos  which  we  believe  to  have  been  printed  with  the 
players'  consent  we  find  that  Richard  H,  Richard  III  and  Henry  IV,  Part  I, 
represented  respectively  by  three,  four  and  three  copies  of  the  first  edition, 
went  through  five  or  six  editions  apiece  before  1623,  whereas  Henry  IV, 
Part  II,  of  which  nineteen  copies  survive,  was  never  reprinted  in  quarto. 
It  is  disconcerting  to  find  that,  on  the  theory  this  suggests,  so  fine  a  play  as 

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INTRODUCTION 

the  Merchant  of  Venice,  of  the  Heyes  edition  of  which  seventeen  copies  sur- 
vive, comes  next  to  Henry  IV,  Part  II,  at  the  wrong  end  of  the  hst.  We  are 
forbidden,  however,  to  regard  the  survival  of  so  many  copies  as  accidental 
by  the  fact  that  the  play  was  not  reprinted  until  1619.  In  the  same  way 
in  the  case  of  Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  of  which  fifteen  copies  are  extant, 
we  may  take  the  absence  of  any  quarto  reprint  as  confirming  the  suggested 
deduction  that  the  First  Quarto  was  not  very  successful.  Possibly  the  fact 
that  all  these  three  plays  were  published  in  the  same  year  (1600)  had 
something  to  do  with  their  apparently  very  moderate  degree  of  success; 
but  the  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  though  it  also  was  first  printed  in  1600, 
by  which  time  it  must  have  been  quite  an  old  play,  was  much  more  severely 
bethumbed,  only  eight  copies  surviving. 

While  the  fact  of  a  play  being  permanently  popular,  or  the  vogue  of  the 
moment,  seems  to  have  been  the  main  cause  of  copies  of  the  first  edition 
disappearing,  something  must  be  allowed  for  contributory  causes.  A  time 
certainly  came  when  editions  without  Shakespeare's  name  on  their  titles 
would  stand  less  chance  of  preservation  than  those  which  bore  it.  Again, 
it  is  only  natural  that  Titus  Andronicus,  which  was  first  published  nineteen -2.^ 
years  before  the  First  FoHo,  should  have  been  more  hardly  used  than  ^ 
Othello,  which  came  out  when  the  First  Folio  was  already  being  printed. 
After  all,  moreover,  "habent  sua  fata  libelli,"  and  into  the  mysteries  of 
fate  we  must  not  pry  too  closely. 

There  is  one  explanation  of  the  variation  in  the  number  of  the  copies 
surviving  in  the  case  of  different  plays  which  may  be  decisively  rejected; 
that,  namely,  which  would  have  us  believe  that  fewer  copies  of  any  given 
play  have  come  down  to  us  because  fewer  were  printed.  It  would  be  more 
reasonable  to  argue  inversely  and  find  in  the  scantiness  of  the  remnant  an 
indication  that  the  edition  which  has  left  so  few  survivors  was  probably  a 
large  one.  The  bibliographers'  maxim  that  the  number  of  copies  extant 
Is  likely  to  vary  Inversely  with  the  number  printed  is  indeed  only  a  generali- 
zation from  the  points  about  popularity  already  noted.  Large  editions, 
low  prices,  popularity  and  careless  handling  all  go  together,  and  where  we 
find  one,  In  the  case  of  works  which  have  in  them  the  possibility  of 
success,  we  may  look  out  for  the  others.  Our  information  about  the  cost 
of  paper  and  print  at  the  end  of  the  Sixteenth  Century  is  not  sufficiently  pre- 
cise to  justify  any  positive  statement,  but  it  Is  probable  that  even  if  only  quite 
a  small  sum,  say  forty  shillings,  were  spent  on  obtaining  the  text  of  a  play, 
either  by  bribery  or  purchase,  unless  something  like  a  thousand  copies  could 
be  sold  at  the  customary  price  of  sixpence  apiece,  the  temptation  to  a  pub- 
lisher to  print  a  full-length  play  of  Shakespeare's  would  have  been  very 
slight.  It  Is  more  likely,  Indeed,  that  the  full  maximum  of  1200  copies, 
to  which  the  Stationers'  Company,  in  the  interest  of  compositors  and  good 
workmanship,  restricted  an  edition,  was  the  number  printed,  and  even  if 
1200  copies  were  sold  the  publisher's  profit  was  probably  well  under  ten 
pounds.  From  the  sale  of  an  edition  of  only  five  hundred  copies  he  would 
have  done  little  more  than  clear  his  expenses. 

We  pass  from  these  money  matters  to  the  intrinsic  value  of  the  texts  of 

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INTRODUCTION 

the  First  Quartos,  which  has  seldom  or  never  been  frankly  admitted,  even 
by  editors  who  have  seen  the  necessity  of  relying  on  them  rather  than  on 
that  of  the  First  Folio  as  the  basis  of  their  own.  If  a  document  has  once 
been  interpreted  in  a  particular  sense  and  that  interpretation  has  survived 
unchallenged  sufficiently  long  for  men  to  be  educated  in  it,  it  is  no  small  task 
to  win  acceptance  for  any  other  view.  From  an  imperfect  knowledge  of 
the  facts  the  reference  to  "stolne  and  surreptitious  copies"  in  the  preface 
to  the  First  Folio*  was  taken  to  refer  to  all  the  quarto  editions  of  Shake- 
speare's plays,  though  such  an  interpretation  can  only  be  maintained  on 
the  supposition  that  the  publishers  of  the  Folio  were  bent  on  damaging 
their  own  credit  and  property,  and  that  Shakespeare  and  his  fellow 
sharers  in  the  Globe  were  more  conspicuously  helpless  in  defending  their 
rights  than  any  other  set  of  Englishmen  since  the  world  began.  The 
address  "To  the  great  Variety  of  Readers"  in  the  First  Folio  gives  no  hint 
as  to  the  number  of  the  "stolne"  copies  to  which  it  refers.  It  merely  says 
that  whereas,  or  wherever  ("where"  may  have  either  meaning)  readers 
had  been  abused  by  pirated  editions  with  bad  texts,  even  in  these  plays  they 
would  now  find  tlie  texts  sound  and  perfect.  As  the  reference  is  to  "copies" 
in  the  plural,  it  must  relate  to  at  least  two  plays,  but  if  only  two  plays  could 
be  found  in  which  the  Folio  editors  had  replaced  the  text  of  the  First 
Quarto  by  a  conspicuously  better  one,  only  two  plays  could  on  any  reason- 
able interpretation  be  brought  under  the  accusation  of  piracy.  Two  such 
plays  exist  in  Henry  V  and  the  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  for  neither  of 
which  was  any  good  text  in  quarto  ever  printed.  In  the  case  of  Romeo  and 
Juliet  and  Hamlet,  possibly  also  in  that  of  Love's  Labors  Lost,  an  original 
bad  text  in  quarto  was  replaced  by  a  better  one  in  the  same  form.  In  other 
plays  there  are  divergences  between  the  Folio  and  the  Quartos  which  may 
be  susceptible  of  different  interpretations,  but  which  did  not  prevent  Malone 
from  declaring  roundly,  in  the  Introduction  to  his  Shakespeare  of  1790, 
as  regards  the  text  of  the  plays,  that  "the  editors  of  the  folio,  to  save 
labour,  or  from  some  other  motive,  printed  the  greater  part  of  them  from 
the  very  copies  which  [according  to  the  stereotyped  interpretation  accepted, 
alas,  even  by  Malone  himself]  they  represented  as  maimed  and  imperfect." 
Common  sense  would  suggest  that  if  a  passage  is  susceptible  of  two  inter- 
pretations, in  one  of  which  it  is  accurate  and  helpful,  and  in  the  other 
inaccurate  and  confusing,  and  raises  difficulties  of  many  kinds,  the  accurate 
and  helpful  should  he  preferred.  But  in  the  present  case  this  interpretation 
does  not  seem  even  to  have  occurred  to  any  of  the  bold  gentlemen  who 
have  undertaken  to  expound  so  difficult  a  text  as  that  of  Shakespeare  and 
yet,  from  an  idle  indulgence  in  the  humour  which  delights  to  make  out  that 
everything  is  as  bad  as  possible,  have  thus  mischievously  misrendered  a 
simple  passage  in  the  "Address  to  the  Readers."  Malone  knew  from  his 
collations  what  use  the  Folio  editors  had  made  of  the  Quartos,  but  the 

•"We  pray  you  do  not  envie  his  Friends,  the  office  of  their  care,  and  paine,  to  have 
collected  &  puhlish'd  them;  and  so  to  have  publish'd  thera,  as  where  (before)  you  vfere  abus'd 
with  diverse  stolne  and  surreptitious  copies,  maimed  and  deformed  by  the  frauds  and  stealthes 
of  iniurious  impostors,  that  expos'd  them:  even  those  are  now  offer'd  to  your  view  cur'd,  and 
perfect  of  their  limbes;  and  all  the  rest  absolute  in  their  numbers  as  he  conceived  them,"  &c. 

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INTRODUCTION 

old  blunder  was  by  his  time  part  of  the  Eighteenth  Century  Shakespearian 
creed.  Thus  he  could  not  get  away  from  it,  but  says  sweepingly  of  the 
Quartos,  in  the  very  sentence  in  which  he  is  confessing  their  merits,  "un- 
doubtedly they  were  all  surreptitious,  that  is  stolen  from  the  playhouse, 
and  printed  without  the  consent  of  the  author  or  the  proprietors." 

Can  Malone,  or  anyone  else  who  has  upheld  this  extraordinary  theory, 
ever  have  thought  out  what  it  involved?  If  all  the  plays  of  Shakespeare 
published  before  1623  were  "stolen  from  the  playhouse  and  printed  without 
the  consent  of  the  author  or  the  proprietors,"  are  we  to  suppose  that  his 
works  were  the  sole  objects  of  attack,  or  were  the  couple  of  dozen  other 
plays  acted  by  his  company  which  found  their  way  into  print  while  he  was 
still  in  London,  i.e.,  between  1594  and  1608,  also  pirated?  And  if  all  or 
most  of  the  quartos  of  plays  acted  by  Shakespeare's  company  were  pirated, 
what  about  the  rest,  produced  at  other  theatres?  If  the  theory  in  its  full 
implications  is  to  be  maintained  there  must,  in  some  years,  have  been  a 
piracy  once  a  fortnight.  If  It  be  said  that  In  the  case  of  Shakespeare's 
plays  we  have  a  positive  statement,  which  does  not  apply  to  the  others, 
about  which  we  may  therefore  adopt  a  hopeful  agnosticism,  we  must  recur 
to  our  point  that  the  positive  statement  as  to  Shakespeare's  plays  need  apply 
to  no  more  than  two  of  them.  But  let  us  accept  the  position,  absurd  as  it  is, 
that  only  the  plays  performed  by  Shakespeare's  company,  and  among  these 
only  those  in  which  he  himself  had  a  hand  were  singled  out  for  attack. 
This  would  still  oblige  us  to  believe  that  in  the  thirteen  years  1597  to  1609 
there  were  some  fourteen  successive  piracies.  Now  to  pirate  a  single  play 
of  some  two  thousand  five  hundred  or  three  thousand  lines  would  be  no 
easy  matter,  unless,  indeed,  as  Mr.  Fleay  once  suggested  in  the  case  of 
Romeo  and  Juliet*  a  prompter  were  kind  enough  to  "throw  aside"  a 
superfluous  copy,  where  it  could  be  picked  up  by  a  dishonest  servant.  Piracy 
from  the  wastepaper  basket,  piracy  by  stenography,  piracy  by  the  treachery 
of  a  "hired  man," — we  can  Imagine  all  these  feats  to  have  been  performed 
once;  but  unless  the  players  were  pleased  to  have  their  plays  stolen,  surely 
some  steps  must  have  been  taken  to  prevent  the  recurrence  of  these  thefts, 
and  the  steps  cannot  have  been  so  ineffective  as  to  allow  nearly  all  Shake- 
speare's early  plays  and  several  of  his  later  ones  to  be  appropriated.  Many 
of  these  quarto  editions  appeared  some  years  after  the  first  production  of 
the  play.  Was  it  impossible  to  keep  both  the  prompt-copy  and  the  actors' 
parts  securely  locked  up,  even  when  a  play  was  not  being  performed?  In 
1597  and  again  in  1600  several  plays  by  Shakespeare  were  published  one 
after  the  other.  Were  these  outbursts  of  piracy  the  result  of  a  burglary  at 
the  theatre?  The  topical  character  of  Elizabethan  plays  is  often  empha- 
sized, even  over-emphasized;  is  it  not  remarkable  that  we  hear  little  or 

*  "Q2  'Si  according  to  this  theory,  a  revised  version  made  on  a  complete  copy  of  an  early 
version  of  the  play,  vphile  Qi  is  printed  from  the  prompter's  copy  of  the  same  early  version. 
When  the  revision  took  place  this  copy  would  be  thrown  aside  as  worthless;  and  any 
dishonest  employi  of  the  theatre  could  sell  it  to  an  equally  dishonest  publisher,  who  would 
publish  it  as  the  play  now  acted."  (A  Chronicle  History  of  the  Life  and  Work  of  William 
Shakespeare.  By  F.  G.  Fleay,  1886,  p.  193.)  If  piracies  were  frequent,  is  carelessness  of  the 
kind  here  supposed  easily  conceivable? 

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INTRODUCTION 

nothing  about  thefts  of  this  kind  in  play,  prologue  orpreface  of  Shake- 
speare's day  (contemporary  complaints  of  piracy  are  mainly  concerned  with 
poems  or  essays  passed  round  in  manuscript  by  men  of  fashion) ,  and  have  to 
seek  it  in  the  muchiater  prefaces  of  Heywood.*  Surely  if  piracy  were  thus 
frequent  some  honest  apprentice  must  have  brought  down  his  cudgel  on 
a  cheating  stenographer's  hand,  and  himself  not  have  passed  unsung. 

In  opposition  to  the  theory  that  Shakespeare  (that  excellent  man  of  busi- 
ness, as  we  have  been  taught  to  consider  him)  and  his  fellows  submitted  to 
being  defrauded  of  their  property  fourteen  successive  times  within  thirteen 
years,  it  has  elsewhere  been  contended,  and  will  be  contended  as  often  as 
a  hearing  can  be  obtained,  that  while  the  pirates  were  able  not  only  to  get 
out  editions  of  Henry  V  and  the  Merry  Wives,  but  to  convey  copyright  in 
them  to  their  confederates,  and  had  the  profits  of  single  editions  of  Romeo 
and  Juliet  and  Hamlet,  and  possibly  also  of  Love's  Labors  Lost,  the  players 
after  each  of  these  attacks,  as  also  after  that  on  Pericles  in  1609,  can  be 
seen  protecting  other  plays  by  staying  notices,  sometimes  openly  of  that 
character,  more  often  in  the  form  of  entries  on  the  Stationers'  Register, 
which  while  seeming  to  pave  the  way  for  publication  were  really  meant  to 
delay  it.  Here  and  now  as  much  has  been  said  as  to  this  fight  with  the 
Pirates  as  there  is  space  for.  We  must  pass  on  from  this  negative  and 
defensive  support  of  the  Quartos  to  claim  for  them  positive  qualities  not 
easily  compatible  with  piracy,  and  which  give  to  them  a  much  higher 
character  than  they  have  hitherto  been  allowed. 

In  the  passage  already  cited  from  Malone's  Introduction  to  his  Shake- 
speare of  1790  that  great  critic  wrote,  with  a  truth  only  marred  by  his 
acceptance  of  the  current  application  of  the  words  "stolne  and  surrep- 
titious": 

"Fifteen  of  Shakespeare's  plays  were  printed  in  quarto  antecedent  to 
the  first  complete  collection  of  his  works,  which  was  published  by  his 
fellow  comedians  in  1623.  .  .  .  The  players  when  they  mention  these 
copies  represent  them  all  as  mutilated  and  imperfect;  but  this  was  merely 
thrown  out  to  give  an  additional  value  to  their  own  edition  and  Is  not 
strictly  true  of  any  but  two  of  the  whole  number;  The  Merry  Wives  of 
Windsor  and  King  Henry  V.  With  respect  to  the  other  thirteen  copies, 
though  undoubtedly  they  were  all  surreptitious,  that  Is,  stolen  from  the 
playhouse,  and  printed  without  the  consent  of  the  author  or  the  proprietors, 
they  in  general  are  preferable  to  the  exhibition  of  the  same  plays  in 
the  Folio;  for  this  plain  reason,  because,  instead  of  printing  these  plays 
from  a  manuscript,  the  editors  of  the  folio,  to  save  labour  or  from  some 
other  motive,  printed  the  greater  part  of  them  from  the  very  copies  which 
they  represented  as  maimed  and  imperfect,  and  frequently  from  a  late 
instead  of  the  earliest  edition;  In  some  Instances  with  additions  and  altera- 
tions of  their  own.  Thus,  therefore,  the  first  folio,  as  far  as  respects  the 
plays  above  enumerated,  labours  under  the  disadvantage  of  being  at  least 

•The  passages  in  question  occur  in  the  preface  to  the  1630  edition  of  The  Rape  of  Lucrece 
and  in  "a  prologue  to  the  Play  of  Queene  Elisabeth  as  it  was  last  revived  at  the  Cock-Pit" 
printed  in  He)rwood's  Pleasant  Dialogues  and  Drammas,  1637. 

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INTRODUCTION 

a  second,  and  in  some  cases  a  third,  edition  of  these  quartos.  I  do  not, 
however,  mean  to  say  that  many  valuable  corrections  of  passages  un- 
doubtedly corrupt  in  the  quartos  are  not  found  in  the  folio  copy;  or  that  a 
single  line  of  these  plays  should  be  printed  by  a  careful  editor  without  a 
minute  examination  and  collation  of  both  copies,  but  those  copies  were  in 
general  the  basis  on  which  the  folio  editors  built,  and  are  entitled  to  our 
particular  attention  and  examination  as  first  editions." 

It  is  a  thousand  pities  that  Malone  should  not  only  have  misunderstood 
the  attack  on  previous  editions  in  the  First  Folio  to  "represent  them  all 
as  mutilated  and  imperfect,"  but  while  having  the  courage  to  deny  that  any 
but  two  of  the  Quartos*  were  "mutilated  and  imperfect"  should  have 
abstained  from  denying  that  any  but  these  specified  exceptions  were  "stolne 
and  surreptitious."  As  a  vindication,  however,  of  the  text  of  the  First 
Quartos  nothing  could  be  better.  As  he  says,  these  editions  must  be 
reckoned  in  general  as  good  texts,  and  the  main  argument  on  this  topic 
advanced  in  Shakespeare  Folios  and  Quartos  in  1909  was  that  since  the 
good  texts,  with  easily  explainable  exceptions,  were  regularly  entered  on 
the  Stationers'  Register,  and  the  bad  texts  were  either  not  entered  at  all  or 
entered  irregularly,  by  the  logical  method  of  Agreement  and  Difference 
we  are  entitled  to  assume  a  causal  connection  between  good  texts  and 
regular  entries  and  between  bad  texts  and  irregular  entries  or  no  entries 
at  all.  This  causal  connection  we  find  in  the  fact  that  an  honest  publisher 
who  printed  a  play  with  the  Players'  consent  would  naturally  get  as  good 
a  text  as  they  could  give  him  and  have  no  reason  to  avoid  taking  it  to 
Stationers'  Hall,  whereas  a  dishonest  publisher  would  naturally  get  hold 
of  an  obsolete  or  vamped  up  text  and  would  fear  to  take  it  to  be  registered 
lest  the  Wardens  of  the  Stationers  Company  should  "stay"  it  till  he  was 
able  to  produce  authority  for  printing  it.  In  the  introduction  to  the  fac- 
simile of  the  unique  third  quarto  of  Richard  II,  recently  identified  in  the 
library  of  Mr.  W.  A.  White  of  New  York,  this  argument  has  been  carried 
further  and  it  has  been  shown  by  an  analysis  of  the  readings  of  the  suc- 
cessive editions  that  while  nothing  in  the  text  forbids  us  to  believe  that 
the  First  Quarto  (1597)  was  set  up  from  Shakespeare's  autograph  there 
is  at  least  some  slight  ground  for  believing  that  this  was  really  its  origin. 

The  two  negative  arguments  for  this  contention  are:  (a)  that  the  number 
of  readings  in  the  First  Quarto  rejected  as  erroneous  by  the  editors  of  the 
Cambridge  text  (our  nearest  approach  to  a  texttis  receptns  of  Shakespeare) 
being  far  fewer  than  the  number  of  new  errors  introduced  by  the  same 
printers  in  reprinting  the  play  the  next  year  for  a  second  edition,  the  proved 
carelessness  of  the  printers  suffices  to  account  for  the  errors  of  the  First 
Quarto  and  it  is  thus  superfluous,  and  therefore  illegitimate,  to  assume  that 
before  it  reached  the  printer  the  text  had  already  been  corrupted  by  being 
copied  by  scriveners;  (b)  that  no  evidence  can  be  found  either  in  the  later 
Quartos  or  in  the  First  Folio  that  the  original  manuscript  had  been  used  for 
the  correction  of  the  play  as   a   whole,   but  that   the   good   readings   in 

•The  Hamlet  of  1603  had  not  been  discovered  when  Malone  wrote.  As  regards  the  bad 
quarto  of  Romeo  and  Juliet  printed  in  1597,  he  made  the  necessary  exception  in  another  passage. 

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INTRODUCTION 

the  Folio  are  best  explained  as  reaching  it  in  the  form  of  casual  corrections 
on  a  prompt-copy.  The  positive  arguments  advanced  on  the  same  side 
are :  (a)  that  some  of  the  errors  of  the  First  Quarto  suggest  that  it  was  set 
up  not  from  a  clean- copy  such  as  a  scrivener  would  have  made,  but  from 
a  manuscript  which,  though  generally  clear,  presented  some  difficulties,  so 
that  now  and  again  the  master-printer  was  driven  to  read  it  out  to  the 
compositor;  (b)  that  the  punctuation  of  the  set  speeches  is  a  dramatic 
punctuation  with  peculiarities  which,  despite  much  carelessness,  incline  us 
to  believe  that  it  was  derived  from  the  author  himself;  (c)  that  this  is 
true  also  of  the  method  of  using  Emphasis  Capitals.  The  punctuation, 
it  is  shown,  is  generally  much  lighter  and  the  use  of  emphasis  capitals  more 
moderate  than  in  the  First  Folio,  and  this  fits  in  prettily  with  Shakespeare's 
views  as  set  forth  in  Hamlet's  exhortation  to  the  players:  "Speak  the 
speech  I  pray  you  as  I  pronounc'd  it  to  you,  trippingly  on  the  tongue,  but 
if  you  mouth  it  as  many  of  our  Players  do,  I  had  as  lieve  the  town-cryer 
spoke  my  lines." 

When  we  consider  the  question  with  reference  to  other  plays  we  find 
that  it  can  be  readily  proved  that  the  source  of  the  text  of  most  of  the 
good  quartos  was  a  prompt-copy  and  that  such  scanty  evidence  as  survives 
shows  that  it  was  not  unusual  for  a  prompt-copy  to  be  made  by  the 
prompter  writing  his  notes  on  the  author's  autograph  manuscript.  There 
is  thus  a  high  probability  that  at  least  some  of  the  good  Shakespeare 
quartos  were  set  up  from  his  autograph,  a  printed  copy  subsequently  taking 
the  place  at  the  theatre  of  the  manuscript  thus  destroyed  and,  after  it 
had  received  casual  correction  and  alterations,  becoming  In  turn  the 
ultimate  source  of  the  "corrected"  Folio  text.  If  this  theory  wins  accept- 
ance It  Is  hoped  that  "probably  printed  from  Shakespeare's  autograph" 
may  prove  an  adequate  counter-cry  to  the  "probably  stolen  and  surrep- 
titious" of  so  many  prefaces,  and  the  estimation  of  the  First  Quartos  be 
correspondingly  enhanced.  But  If  we  advance  no  further  than  Malone's 
position  their  Importance  remains  very  great.  Malone  believed  that  all 
the  Quartos  were  in  some  unexplained  manner  "stolen  from  the  playhouse," 
but  that  the  texts  thus  clandestinely  obtained,  so  far  from  being  maimed 
and  Imperfect,  were  the  best  versions  we  possess  of  what  Shakespeare 
wrote.  This  is  the  essential  point,  and  to  anyone  who  admits  It,  the  value 
of  these  First  Quartos  may  well  seem  inestimable. 

When  we  pass  from  the  First  Quartos  to  the  reprints  of  them  the  most 
ardent  collector  must  be  sensible  of  a  notable  fall  In  temperature.  In  this 
Census  all  quarto  editions  are  included  down  to  the  publication  of  Rowe's 
Shakespeare  In  1709,  the  first  edition  to  which  an  editor  put  his  name. 
All  of  them  are  of  interest  for  the  evidence  which  they  offer  of  the 
popularity  of  Shakespeare  in  the  Seventeenth  Century  as  compared  with 
the  other  playwrights  of  his  day,  and  of  the  popularity  of  some  of  his 
plays  as  compared  with  others.  Textually  in  themselves  not  one  of  them 
has  any  direct  Importance,  with  the  apparent  rather  than  real  exception 
of  the  Richard  II  of  1608  In  which  166  lines  of  the  "Parliament  Scene" 
appeared  for  the  first  time,  but  in  a  form  so  mutilated  (almost  certainly 

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INTRODUCTION 

put  together  by  stenographers)  that  they  have  only  the  very  smallest 
value.  There  is  no  evidence  in  the  case  of  any  of  these  later  quartos  point- 
ing to  the  original  manuscript  having  been  collated  afresh  in  order  to 
improve  the  text,  or  of  access  having  been  had  for  this  purpose  to  any 
new  one.  The  theory  that  all  the  quartos  were  stolen  and  surreptitious  has 
had  this  one  good  effect,  that  it  has  prevented  editors  from  formally  main- 
taining that  recourse  was  had  to  any  such  authoritative  source,  old  or  new, 
when  the  later  quartos  were  printed.  Unfortunately  it  has  not  prevented 
them  from  adopting  some  of  the  readings  of  these  later  quartos  into  their 
own  texts.  Of  course  if  these  readings  had  been  clearly  marked  off  as 
"early  conjectures"  the  editors  adopting  them  would  have  been  well  within 
their  rights.  A  printer's  reader  of  Shakespeare's  day  was  at  least  as 
likely  to  make  a  good  guess  at  a  missing  word  as  Rowe,  Theobald  or 
Hanmer.  But  these  emendations  from  the  early  reprints  have  been  treated 
as  "variants,"  invested  with  an  authority  of  their  own  by  the  dates  at 
which  they  appeared.  A  reprint,  however,  even  if  it  appeared  within  a 
few  months  of  the  First  Edition,  derives  its  authority  exclusively  from  that 
and  cannot  be  set  up  against  its  source.  Textually,  therefore,  the  later 
quartos  in  and  by  themselves  are  negligible  and  should  be  neglected,  the 
extent  to  which  they  have  influenced  the  text  of  Shakespeare  being  dis- 
tinctly matter  for  regret.  Indirectly  on  the  other  hand  they  are  of 
importance  as  the  source  of  a  vast  number  of  readings  in  the  First  Folio 
which  could  never  have  been  rightly  appraised  if  the  intermediate  quartos 
had  disappeared.  Each  time  the  text  of  a  play  was  reprinted  new  errors 
were  introduced  and  the  majority  of  these  errors  were  carried  over  from 
one  quarto  to  the  next.  At  the  threshold  of  the  First  Folio,  which  usually 
followed  the  latest  quarto,  many  of  them  were  stopped,  but  many  others 
got  through,  and  in  some  cases  there  is  clear  proof  that  the  new  reading  of 
the  Folio  is  a  mere  botching  of  an  error  which  first  appears  in  an  inter- 
mediate Quarto.  By  the  help  of  the  quartos  all  these  errors  can  be 
eliminated  from  the  Folio  text,  and  the  modern  editor  has  nothing  to  con- 
sider save  the  original  readings  of  the  First  Quarto  and  the  original  read- 
ings, right  or  wrong,  introduced  by  the  Folio.  This  genealogical  value 
of  the  intermediate  quartos,  though  subsidiary  in  character,  is  very  great. 
As  a  basis  for  further  discussion  we  may  now  present  the  results  of  this 
Census  as  it  affects  the  quartos  which  appeared  between  the  First  Editions 
in  this  form  and  the  First  Folio  in  the  following  table. 


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INTRODUCTION 
Intermediate  Editions  Before  1623. 

Public  Ownership.  Private  Ownership.    Totals. 

Titus  Andronicus,   1600 1  I  2 

Titus  Andronicus,   1611 6  (7)  8  (9)  14  (16) 

Richard  II,  1598a 4  4  8 

Richard  II,   1598b 0  1  1 

Richard  II,  1608 3  5  8 

Richard  II,  1615 6  (13)  7  (17)  13  (30) 

Richard  III,  1598 4  3  7 

Richard  III,  1602 2  1  3 

Richard  III,  1605 2  2  4 

Richard  III,  1612 6  4  10 

Richard  III,  1622 5  (19)  1  (11)  6  (30) 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  1609 3  3  6 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  n.  d.* 6(9)  4(7)  10(16) 

Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1599 6  5  11 

Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1604 2  0  2 

Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1608 2  5  7 

Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1613 6  4  10 

Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1622 6  (21)  6  (21)  12  (42) 

Merchant  of  Venice,  1600  [1619]     .      .  11  12  23 

Henrj'  V,  1602 1  1  2 

Henry  V,  1608   [1619] 12  (13)  18  (19)  30  (32) 

Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  1600  [1619]  11  Uf  25 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  1619  ...  12  16  28 

Hamlet,    1611 9  7  16 

Hamlet,  n.  d.* 7  (16)  8  (15)  15  (31) 

King  Lear,  1608  [1619] 11  17$  28 

144       157       301 

The  number  of  editions  registered  in  this  table  is  twenty-six,  giving  an 
average  of  five  and  one  half  copies  in  public,  and  six  in  private  ownership, 
or  a  total  of  eleven  and  one  half  copies  extant  per  edition,  a  result,  how- 
ever, which,  as  will  be  shown,  is  affected  by  a  special  circumstance,  and 
hardly  entitles  us  to  say  that  these  intermediate  quartos  as  a  class  are  less 
rare  than  the  First  Editions,  which  yielded  an  average  of  eight.  The 
lowest  figures  in  our  new  list  are  one  for  the  single  copy  of  the  newly  dif- 
ferentiated third  quarto  (the  second  of  1598)  of  Richard  II,  two  apiece 
for  Titus  Andronicus  (1600),  Henry  IV,  Part  I  (1604)  and  Henry  V 
(1602),  three  for  Richard  HI  (1602)  and  four  for  Richard  HI  (1605). 
As  to  the  rarity  of  Titus  Andronicus  we  may  recall  the  fact  that  of  the 
original  edition  of  1594  only  one  copy  survives  without  attempting  any 
further  explanation.  The  other  five  editions  are  all  of  popular  chronicle 
plays  and  the  figures  are  not  in  themselves  very  surprising.  It  may  be  just 
worth  noting,  however,  as  the  dates  lie  so  close  together,  that  in  1599  Sir 

•Perhaps  after  1623. 

t  No.  557  assumed  to  be  of  this  edition. 

j  No.  358  assumed  to  be  of  this  edition. 

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INTRODUCTION 

John  Hayward  was  imprisoned  for  his  prose  history  of  Henry  IV,  which  he 
had  too  effusively  dedicated  to  the  Earl  of  Essex,  and  that  in  1602  an 
"old  play"  of  Richard  II  (opinions  differ  as  to  whether  it  was  Shake- 
speare's) was  acted  before  the  Essex  conspirators.  It  is  just  possible  that 
between  1598  and  1605  these  happenings  and  the  accession  of  a  new  dynasty 
may  have  created  a  special  interest  in  historical  plays,  especially  in  those 
connected  with  changes  of  the  crown,  and  thus  account  for  these  five 
editions  being  exceptionally  hardly  used. 

At  the  opposite  end  of  our  list  we  have  thirty  copies  extant  of  the  Henry 
V  of  "1608,"  twenty-eight  apiece  of  the  Merry  Wives  of  1619  and  King 
Lear  of  "1608,"  twenty-five  of  the  Midsummer  Night's  Dream  of  "1600" 
and  twenty-three  of  the  Merchant  of  Venice  of  "1600,"  a  total  of  134 
copies  (or  132  if  the  two  doubtful  copies,  Nos.  358  and  557,  which  have 
been  reckoned  with  the  majority,  are  excluded)  giving  an  average  of 
nearly  twenty-seven  copies  of  each  edition.  The  corresponding  figures  for 
the  First  Editions  are  six,  five,  nine,  eight  and  (for  the  Merchant  of 
Venice)  seventeen,  a  total  of  forty-five  for  the  five  plays,  or  an  average 
of  nine  copies  extant  apiece,  just  a  third  as  many  as  in  the  case  of  the 
reprints. 

In  Chapter  IV  of  Shakespeare  Folios  and  Quartos  ( 1909)  an  elaborate 
argument  was  submitted  to  prove  that  these  five  plays,  despite  their  varying 
dates,  had  all  been  printed  and  published  in  one  volume  (copies  may  also 
have  been  sold  separately)  in  the  same  year,  1619,  together  with  four 
others,  viz.,  the  Whole  Contention  between  the  two  famous  houses,  Lan- 
caster and  York  (n.  d.),  Pericles  (1619),  A  Yorkshire  Tragedy  (1619) 
and  Sir  John  Oldcastle  (1600),  and  the  fact  that  they  had  been  thus  pre- 
served in  exceptional  numbers  was  an  important  link  in  the  chain  of 
evidence.*  The  only  volume  now  known  in  which  all  the  nine  plays  are 
still  found  together  is  that  in  the  library  of  Mr.  Marsden  Perry  of  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  bearing  the  stamp  of  the  Seventeenth  Century  collector 
EDWARD  GWYNN.  But  a  similar  volume  belonging  to  Mr.  Hussey  was  only 
broken  up  in  1906  and  others  must  have  belonged  to  Capell,  Garrick  and 
other  early  collectors. 

The  arguments  put  forward  in  Shakespeare  Folios  and  Quartos  to  prove 
that  all  the  nine  plays  were  printed  in  1619  were  numerous  and  elaborate. 
They  started  with  Mr.  W.  W.  Greg's  demonstrations  from  the  water- 
marks, devices  and  large  numerals  on  the  title-pages,  and  followed  up  with 
others  based  on  the  short  imprints  on  the  titles,  on  the  types,  on  the  spell- 
ing, on  the  number  of  copies  extant,  on  an  entry  as  to  the  Merchant  of 
Venice  in  the  Stationers'  Register  in  16 19,  and  on  the  hitherto  unexplained 
continuity  of  the  signatures  of  the  undated  Whole  Contention  and 
Pericles  of  1619.  The  chapter  was  well  received  by  reviewers,  but  Mr. 
Alfred  Huth  preferred  an  earlier  theory  of  the  same  writer's,  which 
accepted  the  dates  on  the  title-pages  as  truthful  and  supposed  that  new  and 

*  The  number  of  copies  of  the  five  plays  at  that  time  known  to  Mr.  G.  W.  Cole,  the 
Cataloguer  of  the  Church  collection,  who  had  made  a  special  study  of  the  question,  was  105, 
or  an  average  of  21   apiece. 

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old  copies  had  been  bound  up  for  sale  in  1619  by  way  of  clearing  off 
"remainders,"  and  the  arguments  which  he  advanced  in  the  Library  for 
January,  19 10,  though  they  were  not  left  unanswered,  were  quite  impres- 
sive. In  October,  however,  of  the  same  year,  Mr.  William  J.  Neidig, 
an  instructor  in  English  in  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  in  articles  in 
Modern  Philology  and  the  Century  Magazine,  by  a  composite  photograph 
in  which  the  Merchant  of  Venice  of  "1600"  was  superimposed  on  the 
Pericles  of  "1619"  proved  that  the  words  "Written  by  W.  Shakespeare," 
the  "Heb  Ddieu  heb  Ddim"  device  and  the  word  "Printed"  came  in  exactly 
the  same  positions  in  each  title-page,  and  pointed  out  also  identical  flaws 
of  one  kind  in  the  W  of  "Written"  and  of  another  kind  in  the  W  of  Shake- 
speare's initial  in  each  case.  It  was  thus  made  certain  that  portions  of 
the  title-page  of  Pericles  had  been  used  over  again  in  the  title-page  of  the 
Merchant  of  Venice,  without  having  been  shifted  in  the  form,  and  the 
impossibility  of  the  two  editions  being  separated  by  nineteen  years  was 
demonstrated  in  a  manner  appreciable  even  by  readers  with  no  biblio- 
graphical training.  In  this  Census  the  falsity  of  the  dates  1600  on  the 
Merchant  of  Venice  and  Midsummer  Night's  Dream  and  1608  on  King 
Lear  and  Henry  V  has  thus  been  regarded  as  definitely  proved,  the  correct 
date,  1619,  being  added  in  each  case  in  brackets. 

It  is  obvious  that  editions  printed  for  inclusion  in  a  stout  quarto  volume 
are  in  a  much  better  position  for  resisting  wear  and  tear  than  those  issued 
separately  in  paper  wrappers.  These  five  editions  thus  stand  in  a  class  by 
themselves.  If  we  deduct  them  and  the  number  of  copies  of  them  still 
extant  from  the  totals  of  these  Intermediate  Quartos  given  above,  we 
get  169  extant  copies  to  be  divided  among  twenty-one  editions,  or  the  same 
average  of  eight  apiece  as  in  the  case  of  the  First  Quartos.  These  169 
copies,  it  is  interesting  to  note,  are  divided  between  public  and  private  col- 
lections, giving  totals  of  a  little  over  eighty  and  an  average  of  four  to  each. 

We  now  give  our  final  table  of  editions. 


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Later  Editions,  1624-1709. 

Public  Ownership.  Private  Ownership.  Totals. 

Richard  II,  1634 9                      8  17 

Richard  III,  1629 7                      6  13 

Richard  III,  1634 11  (18)            6  (12)  17  (30) 

Romeo  and  Juliet,   1637 10  12  22 

Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1632 5                       5  10 

Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1639 8  11  19 

Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1700 10  (23)             6  (22)  16  (45) 

Love's  Labors  Lost,  1631        ....         9  12  21 

Merchant  of  Venice,    1637    ....         9                       8  17 

Merchant  of  Venice,    1652    ...      ,         7  (16)             7  (15)  14  (31) 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  1630       ..         6                       4  10 

Hamlet,    1637 11  13  24 

Hamlet,  1676  (2  editions)      ....         9  10  19 

Hamlet,    1683 3                      9  12 

Hamlet,   1695    (2  editions)    ....         4                       7  11 

Hamlet,   1703   (2  editions)    ....         7  (34)  10  (49)  17  (83) 

King  Lear,   1655 7                       7  14 

Othello,    1630 10  14  24 

Othello,    1655 10                      8  18 

Othello,    1681 4                      7  11 

Othello,    1687 5                      2  7 

Othello,    1695 7                      7  14 

Othello,   1705 7  (43)            6  (44)  13  (87) 

Taming  of  the  Shrew,  1631   ....        12                       9  21 

Macbeth,    1673 4                      3  7 

Julius  Caesar,  1684 3                       6  9 

Julius  Caesar,  Undated    (4  editions)      .9  20  29 

Julius  Caesar,  1691 6  (18)  11   (37)  17  (55) 

209  234  443 


In  this  final  period  we  have  a  total  of  thirty-four  editions,  with  an  average 
of  thirteen  copies  apiece  still  extant,  six  of  them  in  public  ownership  and 
seven  in  private.  The  distribution  as  between  public  and  private  libraries 
would  probably  have  been  still  nearer  equality  if  public  librarians  had 
earlier  become  aware  of  the  three  variant  editions  of  the  Hamlets  of  1676, 
1695  and  1703  and  the  four  undated  editions  of  Julius  Caesar.  In  this 
case,  however,  that  they  left  more  copies  to  fall  into  private  hands  is  no 
great  matter.  It  is  the  business  of  large  libraries  to  lighten  the  task  of 
the  bibliographers  of  great  writers  by  enabling  as  many  editions  as  possible 
to  be  confronted  and  compared  under  the  same  roof.  But  when  bibliog- 
raphy has  done  its  work,  the  final  cause  of  the  editions  is  often  achieved 
and  they  become  of  little  importance.  These  later  Shakespeare  quartos 
have  no  shred  of  authority  for  the  formation  of  Shakespeare's  text,  though 
many  of  those  published  before  1660  have  been  laboriously  collated  for 
variants.  They  do  not,  like  our  intermediate  class,  the  editions  other  than 
the  first  printed  before  1623,  enable  us  to  eliminate  errors  from  the  Folios, 

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as  these  have  their  distinct  line  of  descent  and  owe  nothing  to  the  late 
quartos.  Their  only,  yet  quite  dignified,  justification  for  existing  is  the 
testimony  they  bear  to  the  extent  of  Shakespeare's  popularity  with  the 
class  of  bookbuyers  who  preferred  "books  of  the  play"  to  complete  editions. 
From  this  point  of  view  it  would  be  pleasing  if  more  of  them,  or  (as 
would  serve  as  well)  indisputable  traces  of  more  of  them,  even  though 
lost,  could  be  discovered.  The  unsold  copies  of  the  1637  edition  of  the 
Merchant  of  Venice  were  reissued  with  a  new  title-page  in  1652;  an  edi- 
tion of  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  was  printed  as  late  as  1700;  otherwise,  not  only 
all  the  comedies  which  had  never  had  large  sales  as  separate  quartos,  but 
all  the  histories,  which  had  been  so  popular  right  up  to  1623,  were  in  the 
eyes  of  the  owners  of  the  copyright  no  longer  worth  producing  separately 
after  1639.  What  may  be  called  Shakespeare's  permanent,  as  distinct 
from  his  contemporary,  popularity  begins  with  the  revival  of  his  tragedies 
in  the  last  quarter  of  the  Seventeenth  Century.  In  the  long  interval  there 
had  been  some  haphazard  editions,  an  Othello  in  1630  and  another  in 
1655  and  a  Hamlet  in  1637.  Macbeth  was  separately  printed  for  the 
first  and  only  time  in  the  Seventeenth  Century  in  1673.  But  between  1676 
and  1705  there  were  seven  editions  of  Hamlet,  six  of  Julius  Caesar  and 
four  of  Othello,  and  this  betokens  a  notable,  if  limited,  revival.  Other 
plays,  as  we  know,  were  more  or  less  popular,  in  more  or  less  irreverent 
adaptations. 

Meanwhile  the  four  large  Folio  editions  were  being  absorbed,  one  after 
the  other,  by  the  literary  readers  of  Shakespeare,  and  here  and  there  we 
find  anticipations  of  the  respectful  treatment  of  the  quartos  which  in  our 
own  day  has  ripened  till  they  occupy  an  inner  shrine  in  the  book-collector's 
temple.  In  1627  William  Drummond  presented  copies  of  the  1598  Love's 
Labors  Lost,  1599  Romeo  and  Juliet  and  some  other  plays  to  Edin- 
burgh University.  In  1649  the  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater  entered  in 
the  catalogue  of  his  library  copies  of  these  same  three  editions  and  of 
the  Richard  H  (second  edition)  and  Richard  HI  of  1598,  Henry  IV,  Part 
I,  of  1599,  and  Henry  IV,  Part  II,  Merchant  of  Venice,  Midsummer 
Night's  Dream  and  Much  Ado  about  Nothing  of  1600,  a  very  pretty  little 
nosegay  to  have  been  originally  acquired  for  a  crown,  but  which  it  is 
pleasing  to  find  not  thought  unworthy  of  cataloguing  on  that  account. 
Why,  a  little  later  on,  Pepys  did  not  add  to  the  delight  of  his  library  by 
doing  his  best  to  collect  a  complete  set  of  the  quartos  is  hard  to  guess.  A 
later  benefactor  made  good  the  loss  to  Cambridge,  but  a  picked  set  of 
Shakespeare  quartos  in  Pepys'  bindings  would  have  been  a  very  pleasant 
addition  to  the  good  things  of  the  world. 

Probably  If  Pepys  had  started  on  the  quest  of  our  quartos  he  would  not 
have  acquired  more  than  a  haphazard  selection  of  them,  for  when  books 
are  still  purchasable  for  pence  there  is  little  temptation  to  owners  to 
ransack  their  libraries  or  lumber  rooms  to  see  if  they  have  any  to  sell. 
It  is  only  fair  to  the  Eighteenth  Century  editors  to  remember  that  the 
Quartos  have  only  come  somewhat  slowly  and  capriciously  to  light.  When 
Pope  was  completing  his  edition  of  Shakespeare  he  very  properly  added 

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at  the  end  of  the  last  volume  a  "Table  of  the  several  editions  of  Shake- 
spear's  [sic]  Plays  made  use  of  and  compared  in  this  Impression."  They 
comprise 

Hamlet,  1605,  161 1. 

Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1599,  1604,  1608. 

Henry  IV,  Part  II,  1600. 

Henry  V,  1600,  "1608"  [1619]. 

King  Lear,  "1608"  [1619]. 

Love's  Labors  Lost,  1598. 

Merchant  of  Venice,  1600,  1600  [1619]. 

Merry  Wives,  1619. 

Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  "1600"  [1619] 

Othello,  1622.* 

Richard  II,  1598,  1608,  1615. 

Richard  III,  1598,  1602,  1612. 

Romeo  and  Juliet,  1597,  1599. 

Titus  Andronicus,  161 1. 

Troilus  and  Cressida,  1609  (both  issues). 

The  list  is  quite  a  good  one;  nevertheless  it  omits  the  first  version  of 
Hamlet  and  the  first  editions  of  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  King  Lear,  Merry 
Wives  of  Windsor,  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Much  Ado  about  Nothing, 
Richard  H,  Richard  HI  and  Titus  Andronicus,  i.e.,  Pope  had  the  right 
editions  of  less  than  half  the  quartos.  It  is  at  least  possible  that  if  all  the 
good  quartos  had  been  available  for  editorial  use  from  the  outset,  we 
should  have  heard  less  about  their  being  "stolne  and  surreptitious." 

Theobald  and  Capell  both  printed  lists  similar  to  that  of  Pope's,  and 
these  enable  us  to  follow  the  gradual  discovery  of  the  quartos.  Of  first 
editions  Theobald  added  to  those  known  to  Pope  the  Merry  Wives  of 
Windsor,  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Much  Ado  and  Richard  HI,  while 
Capell  supplied  those  of  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  King  Lear  and  Richard  II. 
After  this  there  were  no  more  finds  of  First  Editions  until  1823  when  the 
first  version  of  Hamlet  (1603)  was  discovered  by  Sir  H.  E.  Bunbury  in 
a  volume  of  old  plays.  Of  Titus  Andronicus  a  copy  of  the  first  edition 
was  written  of  by  Langbaine  in  a  way  that  made  Malone  think  he  had  it 
before  him,  but  if  so  it  disappeared  without  having  been  seen  by  any 
editor,  and  it  was  not  until  1905  that  a  copy  was  discovered  in  Sweden 
which  is  now,  apparently,  reposing  in  one  of  Mr.  Folger's  inaccessible 
boxes.  Even  of  the  second  edition,  that  of  1600,  no  copy  had  been  heard 
of  until,  in  1800,  one  that  had  been  peacefully  reposing  in  the  Bridgewater 
Library  for  a  century  and  a  half  was  brought  to  light.  At  what  dates  the 
various  other  intermediate  and  the  later  editions  were  first  localized  and 
registered  it  would  be  tedious  to  ascertain  and  hardly  less  tedious  to  recite. 
But  that  the  possibilities  of  discovery  are  not  yet  exhausted  is  made  credible 
by  the  recent  identification  as  a  new  edition  of  a  1598  Richard  II  in  the 

•  Apparently,  as  Malone  notes,  with  the  title  mutilated,  as  Pope  speaks  of  it  as  issued  soon 
after  Shakespeare's  death,  instead  of  by  its  date. 

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library  of  Mr.  W.  A.  White  of  New  York,  which  with  sportsmanlike 
promptitude  he  has  caused  to  be  reproduced  in  facsimile. 

Early  editors  of  Shakespeare  expected  their  book-collecting  friends  to 
lend  them  their  quartos,  but  Pope  possessed  some  of  his  own  and  these 
according  to  Malone  (see  his  note  quoted  under  No.  573)  were  sold  in 
David  Mallet's  sale  on  10  March,  1766.  The  printed  catalogue  offers  no 
corroboration  of  this  statement,  but  in  the  auctioneer's  copy,  preserved 
in  the  British  Museum,  at  the  end  of  a  section  of  "Plays  in  quarto"  there 
is  a  manuscript  entry:  "Shakespeare.  2  vol.  3.3.0."  No  doubt  these 
were  Pope's  copies,  and  the  two  volumes,  according  to  the  practice  of 
Eighteenth  Century  binders,  may  have  contained  a  dozen  or  more  pieces. 
The  three  guineas  realized  must  be  considered  a  fair  price,  since  other 
volumes  of  early  plays  fetched  only  a  few  shilling  apiece,  though  the  1575 
edition  of  Gammer  Gurton's  Needle,  with  the  help  of  a  separate  entry  and 
Italics,  had  a  few  minutes  before  been  worked  up  to  as  much  as  7s.  6d. 
Lewis  Theobald,  Pope's  critic  and  successor  in  editing  Shakespeare,  must 
have  had  a  good  many  of  the  later  quartos  among  the  195  old  plays*  which 
he  left  behind  him,  as  there  were  at  least  three  with  his  collations  in  the 
Dodd  sale  of  1 797-1 798,  one  of  which,  the  1637  Hamlet,  is  now  In  the 
Dyce  Collection  with  a  quaint  reference  to  Theobald  by  a  subsequent 
owner.  His  copy  of  the  Merchant  of  Venice  of  "1600"  [1619],  more- 
over, was  No.  1279  In  the  Steevens  sale.  But  the  plays  not  being  "set  out" 
in  the  catalogue  of  his  sale  In  October,  1744,  what  others  he  owned  cannot 
here  be  stated.  As  for  Warburton  it  was  he  who  put  Pope's  quartos  into 
Mallet's  sale  In  1766,  so  probably  these  were  all  he  possessed.  Thus 
Edward  Capell  seems  to  have  been  the  first  editor-collector  of  Shakespeare 
quartos  on  a  large  scale,  and  certainly  made  a  very  diligent  use  of  them. 
In  his  edition  of  "Mr.  William  Shakespeare  his  Comedies,  Histories  and 
Tragedies,  set  out  by  himself  in  quarto,  or  by  the  Players  his  Fellows  in 
folio,  and  now  faithfully  republish'd  from  those  editions"  he  speaks  of 
having  been  at  work  on  it  for  over  twenty  years.  He  may  have  begun 
collecting  at  a  still  earlier  date,  perhaps  in  1737,  when  he  was  appointed 
deputy  inspector  of  plays.  In  June,  1779,  nineteen  months  before  his 
death,  he  handed  over  his  Shakespeare  collection  to  Trinity  College,  Cam- 
bridge. As  recorded  In  Mr.  Greg's  catalogue  of  this,  the  quarto  editions 
of  the  plays  number  just  fifty,  of  which  as  many  as  fourteen,  according  to 
our  classification,  rank  as  first  editions,  making  up  a  complete  set  save  for 
the  Hamlet  of  1603,  the  1597  and  1599  editions  of  Romeo  and  Juliet,  the 
Titus  Andronicus  of  1594  and  the  later  variant  of  the  Henry  IV,  Part  II, 
and  earlier  of  Troilus.  It  must  be  said  also  that  the  collection  is  not  only 
the  fourth  in  order  of  importance,  but  one  of  the  pleasantest  to  handle, 
the  plays  being  bound  together  In  convenient  volumes  In  Eighteenth  Century 
brown  calf  and  in  size  averaging  about  seven  and  one  fourth  by  five  and 
one  eighth  inches.  The  nine  plays  of  the  volume  of  16 19  all  appear  in 
this  collection,  divided  between  two  volumes,  but  with  the  uniform  size, 

*  Not  295,  as  stated  in  the  article  "Theobald"  in  the  Dictionary  of  National  Biography. 
A  copy  of  Theobald's  Catalogue  is  in  the  Bodleian  Library. 

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seven  and  one  half  by  five  and  five  eighths,  and  standing  together  as  Q  1 1 
and  Q  12. 

The  credit  of  being  the  first  to  collect  plays  and  present  them  to  an 
important  library  does  not  belong  to  Capell,  and  though  he  only  missed 
it  by  a  few  months,  it  is  probable  that  he  was  an  imitator  rather  than 
an  initiator.  The  Capell  collection  was  accepted  by  the  Masters  and 
Seniors  of  Trinity  College  on  1 1  June,  1779.  On  the  twentieth  of  the 
preceding  January  David  Garrick  had  died,  bequeathing,  by  a  will  made 
24  September,  1778,  all  his  "collection  of  old  English  plays  to  the 
Trustees  of  the  British  Museum  for  the  time  being  for  the  use  of  the 
public."  Garrick  and  Capell  were  old  friends  and  though  they  were 
estranged  towards  the  end  of  their  lives,  it  seems  likely  that  Capell's 
presentation  was  inspired  by  Garrick's  bequest.  The  Shakespearian  por- 
tion of  this  is  markedly  inferior  to  Capell's,  comprising  a  total  of  thirty 
quartos  as  against  fifty,  and  only  five  first  editions  as  against  fourteen. 
Moreover,  save  for  the  plays  of  the  volume  of  1619,  which  measure  over 
seven  and  one  half  by  five  and  three  quarter  inches,  the  copies  as  a  rule 
are  not  as  good  as  Capell's  either  as  to  size  or  as  to  condition.  None  the 
less  the  collection  was  a  very  valuable  one,  or  rather  a  very  valuable  part 
of  a  bequest  to  the  total  importance  of  which  only  Charles  Lamb,  who 
made  such  fine  use  of  it,  could  do  full  justice. 

Perhaps  we  may  anticipate  a  little  and  having  described  the  nucleus  of 
the  British  Museum  collection  of  Shakespeare  quartos  complete  our 
account  of  its  formation.  The  first  addition  to  Garrick's  bequest  was  that 
of  twenty-two  quartos,  comprising  six  first  editions,  which  formed  part 
of  the  library  of  King  George  III  and  came  to  the  Museum  in  virtue  of  an 
arrangement  between  his  successor  and  the  British  Government.  These 
also  were  for  the  most  part  rather  poor  copies,  the  King's  librarian  having 
apparently  considered  it  much  more  important  to  secure  spotless  copies  of 
books  printed  in  the  Fifteenth  Century  than  of  the  first  editions  of  Shake- 
speare. Up  to  this  time,  indeed,  and  beyond  it,  the  great  libraries  and 
most  of  the  great  collectors  thought  it  beneath  their  dignity  to  concern 
themselves  with  anything  of  Shakespeare  except  the  Folios,  neither  Mr. 
Cracherode  nor  Mr.  Grenville  ever  buying  a  play  of  his  in  quarto,  though 
the  latter  admitted  some  of  his  poems.  It  may  even  be  doubted  whether, 
except  more  or  less  accidentally,  any  of  the  quartos  entered  any  great 
library  by  purchase  until  Antonio  Panizzi  bought  the  Jolley  copy  of  the 
Richard  II  of  1608  (first  issue)  in  1845.  H's  successor,  Mr.  John 
Winter  Jones  bettered  this  instruction  by  spending  a  thousand  pounds  in 
November,  1858,  to  such  good  advantage  that  leave  has  been  obtained  to 
quote  the  invoice  in  full.    Here  it  is: 


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INTRODUCTION 

The  Trustees  of  the  British  Museum 
Drs.  to  J.  O.  Halliwell,  Esq. 

1.  The  first  edition  of  Hamlet,  1603. 

2.  The  famous  victories,   1617.  _ 

3.  Richard  the  third,  1598. 

4.  Sheet  E  of  Henry  IV,  1600. 

5.  Pericles,  1611. 

6.  Richard  the  third,  1605. 

7.  Pericles,  the  novel,  1608. 

8.  The  first  edition  of  Lear,  1608. 

9.  Another  copy  with  textual  variations.  [^  £1000  0  0 

10.  Henry  IV,  1608. 

11.  Romeo  and  Juliet,  1609. 

12.  Henry  IV,  1613. 

13.  Another  copy  vifith   textual  variations. 

14.  Pericles,  1630.    The  imprint  unique. 

15.  The  first  edition  of  Sir  J.  Oldcastle,  1600. 

16.  The  first*  edition  of  Troilus  and  Cressida,  1609. 

17.  Richard  the  third,  1634. 

18.  Richard  III,  1622. 


£1000  0  0 


For  various  reasons  the  name  of  Halliwell-PhlUipps  is  not  held  in  great 
esteem  by  librarians,  but  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  in  this  instance  he 
did,  and  meant  to  do,  the  British  Museum  a  great  service,  and  the  tran- 
saction was  equally  creditable  to  him  and  to  Winter  Jones,  who  further- 
more carried  off  one  of  the  most  expensive  first  quartos,  that  of  Love's 
Labors  Lost,  from  the  Daniel  sale  in  1864.  After  this  there  seemed  but 
little  chance,  as  prices  continued  to  rise,  that  the  Museum  set  would  ever 
be  made  more  complete,  but  in  19 10  Mr.  Alfred  Huth's  bequest  added  the 
three  important  editions  which  were  lacking,  the  Richard  II  and  Richard 
III  of  ii;97  and  Merry  Wives  of  1602  (all  Daniel  copies).  By  the  addi- 
tion of  these  the  Museum  has  now,  with  the  exception  of  the  doubtfully 
Shakespearian  Titus  Andronicus,  the  text  of  all  the  plays  issued  in  quarto  in 
the  first  editions,  though  it  lacks  the  variant  title-pages  of  the  Hamlet  of 
1604  and  the  Richard  II  of  1608,  if  the  inclusion  for  the  first  time  of  the 
Deposition  scene  justifies  the  reckoning  of  this  last  among  first  editions. 

Returning  to  the  Eighteenth  Century  we  find  ourselves  still  mainly  con- 
cerned with  the  professed  students  of  Shakespeare  and  his  dramatic  ex- 
ponents, though  other  collectors  begin  to  appear.  Few  of  the  sales  are 
interesting  to  us,  as  most  of  the  entries  of  Shakespeare  quartos  are  either 
of  plays  from  the  volume  of  16 19,  or  late  editions  published  after  the 
First  Folio.  Thus  the  Rev.  Thomas  Crofts  (sale  in  1783)  had  six  of  the 
plays  of  the  volume,  a  Titus  Andronicus  of  161 1  and  Richard  II  of  1615. 
Major  Thomas  Pearson   (sale  in  1788)   had  a  Richard  III  of  161 2,  un- 

•The  second  issue,  with  the  preface,  which  Halliwell  mistook  for  the  first. 

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dated  Hamlet,  Merry  Wives  of  1619  and  five  later  quartos.  James 
William  Dodd,  of  the  Theatre  Royal,  Drury  Lane  (sale  in  1 797-1 798) 
had  all  the  plays  of  the  volume  except  Henry  V ,  and  about  a  dozen  late 
quartos  (some  with  Theobald's  collations),  but  also  Henry  IV,  Part  II, 
of  1600,  the  Heyes  Merchant  of  Venice  of  1600,  Romeo  and  Juliet  of 
1599,  Titus  Andronicus  of  161 1,  Richard  H  of  1615,  Richard  HI  of 
1621  and  Henry  IV  of  1622.  Dr.  Farmer  (sale  in  1798)  had  all  the 
plays  of  the  volume  entered  in  an  order  which  suggests  that  it  may  have 
been  intact  while  in  his  possession  and  only  broken  up  for  the  sale,  also 
a  dozen  late  quartos,  a  collection  hardly  worthy  of  his  reputation;  Samuel 
Ireland  (sale  in  1801)  had  six  or  seven  plays  of  the  volume  (some  of  the 
descriptions  are  imperfect)  and  a  few  later  quartos  (one  of  them  Theo- 
bald's) ;  Samuel  Tyssen  (sale  in  1801)  had  the  first  edition  of  Henry  IV, 
Part  II,  Richard  HI  of  1602,  Richard  II  and  Henry  IV  of  1608,  and  all 
the  plays  of  the  volume  except  Lear  and  the  Yorkshire  Tragedy.  Richer 
than  any  of  these,  though  again  hardly  equal  in  this  category  to  its  reputa- 
tion, was  the  famous  Roxburghe  sale  in  1812  at  which  were  sold  at  least 
five  first  editions  (good  text  of  Romeo  and  Juliet,  1599;  Much  Ado  about 
Nothing,  Merchant  of  Venice  and  Henry  IV,  Part  II,  all  of  1600,  and 
Troilus,  1609)  also  Richard  II  of  1598  and  161 5,  Henry  IV  of  1599, 
1608  and  1613,  Richard  HI  of  1612,  Titus  Andronicus  of  161 1,  Romeo 
and  Juliet,  1609  and  Hamlet  of  161 1  and  n.  d.,  also  a  probably  complete 
set  of  the  plays  of  the  volume  and  a  few  later  quartos.  The  one  really 
important  sale  of  this  period,  however,  was  that  of  George  Steevens 
(May,  1800)  the  entries  of  which  are  here  epitomized  with  prices  and 
purchasers'  names. 

£    s    d 

1263  Hamlet,  1611.    No  title.    MS.  Notes  by  Mr.  Steevens. 

1264  Hamlet,  1637. 

1265  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1599. 

1266  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1608. 

1267  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1613.    MS.  Notes  by  Mr.  Steevens. 

1268  Henry  IV,  Part  I,  1632. 

1269  Henry  IV,  Part  II,  1600.    First  edit,  "printed  by  V.  S." 

1270  Henry  IV,  Part  II,  1600.     First  edit,  "printed  by  Val. 

Simmes." 

1271  Henry  V,  1600.    First  edit.     Inlaid  on  large  paper. 

1272  Henry  V,  1608. 
[1273]  True  Tragedie  of  Richarde  Duke  of  Yorke,  1600. 
[1274]  Whole  Contention,  n.  d. 
[1275]  John,  King  of  England,  1611. 
[1276]  John,  King  of  England,  1622. 

1277  King  Lear,  1608.    First  edit. 

1278  King  Lear,  1608.    Another  edition  differing  in  title-page 

and  signature  of  first  leaf.  Fillingham.     2     2     0 

1279  Merchant  of  Venice.    Printed  by  J.  Roberts,  1600.    First 

edit.   (!).     Inlaid  on  large  paper.     With  Theobald's 

Collations.  Baker.     2     0     0 

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!.        Nicol. 

2 

2 

0 

Stevenson. 

7 

0 

Nicol. 

3 

10 

0 

Nicol. 

1 

7 

0 

Combes. 

1 

2 

0 

Stevenson. 

10 

0 

1."       Nicol. 
,7 

3 

13 

6 

u. 

Barker. 

2 

15 

0 

Hill. 

27 

6 

0 

Forster. 

1 

0 

Nicol. 

16 

0 

Barker. 

5 

0 

Nicol. 

18 

0 

Fillingham. 

0 

0 

Hill. 

28 

0 

0 

INTRODUCTION 


1280  Merchant   of   Venice.      Printed    by   J.    Roberts,  1600. 

Inlaid  on  large  paper.  Nicol.  2     2  0 

1281  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  1602.    First  edit.  Malone.  28     0  0 

1282  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  1619.  Stephenson.  1     4  0 

1283  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,  1630.  Stace.  10  6 

1284  Midsummer   Night's   Dream.     For  Tho.   Fisher,  1600. 

First  edit.     Part  of  one  leaf  wanting.  Malone.  25   10  0 

1285  Midsummer  Night's  Dream.   Another  copy,  inlaid.  Barker.  115  0 

1286  Much  Ado  about  Nothing,  1600.     First  edit.  Nicol.  2  12  6 

1287  Othello,  1622.     MS.  Notes,  etc.,  by  Mr.  Steevens.  Hill.  29     8  0 

1288  Othello,  1630.  Combes.  13  0 

1289  Othello,  1655.  Combes.  4  0 

1290  Richard  II,  1598.  Nicol.  4  14  6 

1291  Richard  II,  1608.  Hill.  10     0  0 

1292  Richard  II,  1615.    MS.  Notes,  etc.,  by  Mr.  Steevens.    Fillingham.  1    12  0 

1293  Richard  II,  1634.  Combes.  5  0 

1294  Richard  III,  1602.     Defective  at  end.  Forster.  10  0 

1295  Richard  III,  1612.     MS.  Notes,  etc.,  by  Mr.  Steevens.      Forster.  1     5  0 

1296  Richard  III,  1629.  Combes.  7  0 

1297  Richard  III,  1634.  Stace.  6  0 

1298  Romeo  and  Juliet,  1599.    A  fragment.  Forster.  5  6 

1299  Romeo  and  Juliet,  1599.    Complete,  inlaid  on  large  paper.    Nicol.  6     0  0 

1300  Romeo  and  tuh'et,  1609.    MS.  Notes,  etc.,  by  Mr.  Steevens.  Nicol.  2     2  0 

1301  Romeo  and  Juliet,  1637.  Combes.  9  0 
[1302]  Taming  of  the  Shrew.    "First  edit."    Inlaid  on  large  paper.    Hill.  20     0  0 

1303  Taming  of  a  Shrew.  Fillingham.  11  0 

1304  Titus  Andronicus,  1600.     Inlaid.  Nicol.  2  12  6 

1305  Troilus  and  Cresseide.  First  edit.  Nicol.  5  10  0 
[1306]  Locrine,  1595.  Nicol.  3  5  0 
[1307]  London  Prodigall,  1705  [!  i.e.  1605].  Forster.  1  9  0 
[13081  Pericles,  1609.  Fillingham.  1  2  0 
[1309]  Pericles,  1619.  Nicol.  15  0 
[1310]  Sir  John  Oldcastle,  1600.  Fillingham.  10  0 
[1311]  A  Yorkshire  Tragedy,  1619.  Combes.  9  0 

It  is  quite  clear  from  our  Census  that  in  addition  to  these  quartos 
Steevens  also  bought  others  which  he  must  have  sold  again  after  putting 
his  name  in  them.  Every  owner  of  a  "Steevens"  copy,  however,  has 
naturally  identified  it  with  the  copy  sold  at  auction  in  i8oo,  and  as  it  has 
often  been  impossible  to  decide  between  rival  claims  of  this  kind,  all  the 
information  available  is  given  here. 

We  may  now  pass  on  to  the  Malone  collection,  one  of  the  finest  brought 
together,  and  ennobled  by  its  presentation  to  the  Bodleian  Library  at 
Oxford,  but  cruelly  marred  like  the  Kemble-Devonshire  collection,  formed 
about  the  same  time,  by  the  outrageous  mishandling  of  the  copies,  all  of 
which  have  been  trimmed  close  round  the  text  and  then  inlaid  in  large 
paper.  The  object  of  this  cruel  treatment  was  apparently  to  enable  every 
edition  to  be  collated  with  every  other  edition.  But  not  very  much  in 
this  way  has  been  done  in  either  set,  while  to  the  booklover  all  the  charm 

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INTRODUCTION 

of  the  old  volumes  has  been  destroyed.  On  i  January,  1801,  however,  the 
author  of  all  this  havoc  surveyed  his  collection  in  a  very  complacent  mood. 
He  first  wrote  out  "A  List  of  the  various  Quarto  editions  of  Shakespeare's 
Plays,  hitherto  discovered,"  adding  a  star  to  those  of  which  he  had 
copies  and  asserting  roundly  "the  later  editions  of  these  quartos  are  of  no 
value  whatsoever,"  a  verdict  which  he  repeated  successively  with  special 
reference  to  the  1631  Love's  Labors  Lost;  1630  Merry  Wives;  1637  and 
1652  Merchant  of  Venice  and  1655  Othello.  The  Hamlet  of  1603  was 
as  yet  undiscovered,  also  the  Othello  of  1630,  while  Malone  seems  to 
lump  together  the  Titus  Andronicus  of  1594  and  1600,  but  leaves  both 
of  these  out  of  his  reckoning  on  the  ground  that  the  play  is  not  by  Shake- 
speare. He  then  proceeds  complacently:  "This  collection  of  Shakespeare's 
Plays  and  Poems  in  seven  Quarto  volumes  (with  which  several  pieces  on 
which  he  constructed  dramas,  bound  up  among  my  Shakesperiana,  must  be 
considered  as  connected)  forms  perhaps  the  most  complete  Assemblage 
of  the  early  editions  of  his  productions  that  has  ever  been  made.  It  wants 
only  the  Hamlet  of  1604,  Kin^  Richard  H,  1597,  King  Henry  IV,  Part  I, 
1598,  and  Venus  and  Adonis,  4to,  1593,  to  make  it  complete,  and  of 
those  three  plays  it  contains  very  early  copies,  carefully  collated  with  those 
original  editions,  and  of  the  fourth  piece  (the  Venus  and  Adonis  of  1593) 
no  copy  was  ever  seen  by  any  of  the  collectors  of  these  precious  rarities, 
or  is  now  known  to  exist,  though  I  have  no  doubt  that  at  some  future  time 
it  will  be  discovered. 

"Having  now  finished  my  collection,  and  amassed  as  many  ancient  edi- 
tions of  this  great  author's  pieces  as  I  shall  probably*  ever  be  able  to 
procure,  which  I  have  bound  up  in  such  a  manner  that  they  shall  be  forever 
preserved,  I  have  been  led  to  compare  it  with  other  similar  assemblages." 

He  then  proceeds  to  compare  it  with  the  editions  mentioned  by  Pope 
(this  in  a  note),  and  with  "i.  Mr.  Capell's,  now  preserved  in  the  Library 
of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge;  2.  the  late  Mr.  Steeven's,  now  dispersed; 
3.  that  formed  by  the  late  Mr.  Garrick,  preserved  in  the  Museum;  4.  the 
collection  of  Mr.  Kemble  of  Drury  Lane  theatre,  and  5.  that  of  the  late 
Mr.  Jennings  of  Gopsal  in  Leicestershire,  now  the  property  of  Lord 
Curzon."  From  the  standpoint  here  adopted  he  could  claim  no  more  than 
an  equality  with  the  Capell  collection  which,  while  it  also  lacked  the 
Hamlet  of  1604  (and  1603),  possessed  the  1597  Richard  H  and  1598 
Henry  IV  as  against  his  1597  Richard  HI  and  1599  Romeo  and  Juliet. 
Over  the  other  collections  his  superiority  was  marked.  That  of  Steevens 
contained  nothing  which  Malone  had  not,  and  lacked  three  genuine  plays 
which  he  had;  the  Garrick  as  against  its  inclusion  of  Henry  IV  lacked  six 
other  plays;  the  Kemble  as  against  the  1604  Hamlet  and  1597  Richard  II 
lacked  four  genuine  plays,  and  the  Jennings  as  against  the  1604  Hamlet 
wanted  as  many  as  nine  others  which  Malone  possessed. 

•  "Probably"  is  interlineated.  The  Fetius  and  Adonis  of  1593  Malone  himself  acquired  in 
1805.  The  following  further  additions  have  been  made  to  the  collection:  Henry  IV,  1608, 
1622;  Merchant  of  Venice,  1637;  Richard  II,  1634;  Richard  III,  1598,  1622,  1629,  1634;  Romeo 
and  Juliet,  1609  and  n.  d. 

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INTRODUCTION 

Edmund  Malone  on  his  death  in  1812  bequeathed  all  his  collection, 
manuscript  and  printed,  to  his  brother,  Lord  Sunderlin,  with  unfettered 
discretion  as  to  the  disposal  of  it.  Ten  years  later  it  was  presented  by 
Lord  Sunderlin  to  the  Bodleian,  of  which  it  is  one  of  the  many  glories. 

In  1 82 1,  almost  contemporaneously  with  the  Malone  collection  being 
transferred  to  Oxford,  John  Philip  Kemble,  the  famous  actor,  sold  for 
£2000  to  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  a  great  collection  of  plays,  including  an 
important  set  of  Shakespeare  quartos,  which  he  had  brought  together  in 
imitation  of  Garrick  and  cropped  and  mounted  in  imitation  of  Malone. 
It  was  this  collection,  which  with  some  added  quartos,  including  the  better 
of  the  two  known  copies  of  the  1603  Hamlet,  was  sold  by  the  present 
Duke  to  Mr.  Henry  E.  Huntington  in  1914,  thereby  raising  the  latter's  col- 
lection to  the  very  front  rank  where  only  that  of  the  British  Museum  can 
challenge,  and  that  doubtfully,  its  claim  to  pre-eminence. 

After  the  transference  of  the  Malone  and  Kemble  collections  the  next 
important  event  for  us  was  the  second  Heber  sale  in  June,  1834,  which 
included  fourteen  First  Editions,  but  lacked  both  the  Hamlets  of  1603 
and  1604,  Richard  H  of  1597  and  both  issues  of  1608,  Henry  IV  of  1598, 
Titus  of  1594  and  one  issue  of  Troilus.  In  Part  4  of  the  Sale,  held  at 
Evans's  in  December  of  the  same  year,  duplicates  were  sold  of  the  Mid- 
summer Night's  Dream,  Merchant  of  Venice,  Henry  H',  Part  II  (4 
leaves)  and  Lear,  while  there  were  altogether  over  a  score  of  second  and 
later  editions  ranging  in  date  between  1598  and  1655,  besides  a  good  set  of 
the  spurious  and  doubtful  plays.  Altogether  Heber's  collection  of  Shake- 
speriana  must  be  reckoned  as  fine  a  one  as  had  yet  been  got  together, 
and  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  £41  .9.6  for  the  Richard  HI  of  1597  was 
the  highest  price  paid  for  any  of  the  plays. 

Compared  to  Heber's  the  Shakesperiana  in  the  Jolley  sale  of  1844 
were  unimportant  and  we  may  pass  on  to  5  May,  1847,  to  look  over  the 
shoulder  of  George  Daniel  at  his  house  at  Canonbury  with  a  newly 
acquired  copy  of  the  1597  Richard  II  before  him  into  which  he  proceeds 
to  write  the  following  note,  surely  the  prettiest  piece  of  humour  in  the 
annals  of  bibliography: 

"King  Richard  2:  Valentine  Simmes  for  Andrew  Wise.  1597, 
of  most  excessive  rarity.  In  no  collection  of  which  I  am  aware 
not  even  in  that  of  Mr.  Heber." 

Dr.  Dibdin,  who  is  so  often  incorrect  touching  the  first  quartos 
of  Shakespeare;  (he  gave  to  Sir  Francis  Freeling  the  4to  King 
Lear  printed  by  Nathaniel  Butter  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop 
in  St.  Paul's  &c.,  viz.  the  first,  when  the  worthy  Baronet  had 
only  a  very  indifferent  copy  of  the  second:  and  to  Mr.  Heber 
the  first  edition  of  Romeo  and  Juliet  instead  of  the  second:*  to 
say  nothing  of  his  assertion  that  the  second  edition  of  Venus  and 
Adonis  bears  the  date  1596  instead  of  1594;  and  of  his  calling 

*  According  to  his  sale  catalogue  Heber  had  both,  though  the  1597  edition  lacked  the  title  and 
Tras  otherwise  undesirable. 

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the  edition  of  1602  the  3d  instead  of  the  4th  &c  &c)  Dr.  Dib- 
din  is  in  the  above  statement  perfectly  right  .  .  .  This  edition  of 
Richard  2d  is  unique. 

George  Daniel:  1847.     Canonbury. 

Surely  no  barrister  can  have  first  vilified  a  witness  and  then  accepted  his 
evidence  with  such  delightful  unexpectedness,  and  the  jest  is  the  prettier 
because  the  unhappy  Dibdin  was  not  "perfectly  right"  in  his  statement 
that  this  Richard  II  was  unique,  as  copies  existed,  and  exist,  in  two  such 
well-known  and  accessible  collections  as  the  Capell  at  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge,  and  the  Malone  at  the  Bodleian.* 

This  beginning  of  Daniel's  note  has  been  quoted  for  the  mere  joy  of  it. 
What  follows  is  more  to  our  purpose,  for  this  is  a  list  of  eleven  "first  edi- 
tions" (including  Pericles),  headed  by  four  of  the  very  rarest,  those  of 
Richard  II,  Richard  III,  Love's  Labors  Lost  and  the  Merry  JVives,  which 
in  turn  are  followed  by  the  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Henry  V ,  Much 
Ado,  Merchant  of  Venice,  Troilus,  and  Othello,  and  among  Second  Editions 
by  the  1599  Romeo  and  Juliet  which  textually  must  count  among  the  Firsts. 
With  these  are  other  early  editions  of  plays  and  poems,  first  editions  of  the 
spurious  plays,  "the  finest  and  most  genuine  copy  known"  (no  vain  boast) 
of  the  First  Folio,  and  "sound,  large  and  most  beautiful  copies"  of  its 
three  successors.  Finally  comes  the  statement:  "The  above  Volumes  quite 
perfect  and  in  fine,  very  many  in  most  beautiful  and  all  but  uncut  condition 
are  in  my  possession,"  with  the  signature  "George  Daniel,  Canonbury, 
May  5,  1847,"  and  then  we  may  imagine  that  Mr.  Daniel  put  down  his 
pen  and  felt  very  happy  indeed. 

At  his  sale  In  1864  the  four  quartos  to  which  he  had  given  the  pride  of 
place  fetched  from  325  to  335  guineas  apiece,  prices  which  long  remained 
records.  The  Love's  Labors  Lost  was  carried  off  by  the  British  Museum, 
the  other  three  became  the  property  of  Mr.  Henry  Huth,  and  by  the 
liberality  of  his  son  also  found  their  way  to  the  Museum  in  191 1,  thereby 
giving  to  its  collection  a  degree  of  completeness  which  had  seemed  past 
hoping  for,  and  enabling  its  officials  to  rejoice,  without  any  pang,  at  the 
prospect  that  one  day  some  great  American  library  may  be  equally 
fortunate. 

The  passage  of  a  full  half  of  the  extant  Shakespeare  Quartos  across  the 
Atlantic  which  was  beginning  very  quietly  about  this  time  is  the  only 
chapter  In  our  story  which  still  remains  to  be  told.  In  1869  Alexander 
Dyce  bequeathed  to  the  South  Kensington  (now  the  Victoria  and  Albert) 
Museum,  as  part  of  his  valuable  library,  a  little  collection  of  quartos, 
mostly  late,  but  including  three  or  four  first  editions.  In  1872  Halliwell- 
Phllllps  made  an  addition  of  some  Importance  to  the  quartos  presented 
by  Drummond  to  Edinburgh  University  In  1627.  The  gatherings  of  other 
English  collectors  since  George  Daniel  have  all,  or  nearly  all  been  harvested 

*A  doubt  seems  to  have  crossed  Daniel's  mind  for  later  on  he  added  in  a  smaller  hand  the 
qualification  "but  (I  believe)  for  a  copy  in  ye  library  of  ye  Earl  of  Ellesraere,"  which  did  not 
make  matters  any  better. 

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INTRODUCTION 

in  the  United  States,  and  it  is  with  the  story  of  the  American  collections 
that  they  may  best  be  fitted  in. 

The  honor  of  being  the  first  American  collector*  of  Shakesperiana 
belongs  to  Thomas  Pennant  Barton,  who  was  born  in  Philadelphia  In  1803 
and  began  collecting  about  the  time  of  the  Heber  sale  in  1834,  and  con- 
tinued adding  to  his  stores  until  a  year  or  two  before  his  death  in  1869. 
Fortunately  his  library,  by  the  liberality  of  his  widow,  was  sold,  at  a  price 
much  below  its  market  value,  to  the  City  of  Boston,  and  remains  intact  in 
the  Boston  Public  Library,  an  excellent  monument  to  his  skill,  the  usefulness 
of  which  is  much  increased  by  an  unusually  good  catalogue.  Barton  was 
a  scholar  and  a  student,  and  when  he  could  not  afford  originals  he  supplied 
their  places  with  the  best  reprints  he  could  procure.  But  his  originals 
included  First  Editions  of  the  Merchant  of  Venice,  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream,  Much  Ado  about  Nothing  and  Othello  (mostly  Heber  copies),  a 
dozen  of  the  second  and  later  editions  issued  before  the  First  Folio 
(including  the  earlier  Richard  II  of  1598  and  a  set  of  the  1619  plays) 
and  a  considerable  number  of  the  later  Seventeenth  Century  editions  to 
which  he  seems  to  have  paid  special  attention. 

While  Mr.  Barton  spread  his  purchases  over  many  years,  Mr.  Lenox 
acquired  all  his  Shakespeare  Quartos  by  a  single  transaction  of  which  we 
may  quote  the  account  given  by  the  seller,  Mr.  Henry  Stevens  of  Vermont 
in  his  "Recollections"  of  his  celebrated  customer: 

A  large  part  of  1855-1856  Mr.  Lenox  spent  in  Europe  and 
picked  up  rare  books  wherever  he  met  with  them.  .  .  .  He  had 
set  his  heart  on  "the  four  folios,"  and  by  changing  and  chopping 
about,  besides  having  secured  the  famous  Baker  copy,  he  had 
secured  nearly  all  the  variations  known,  Including  all  the  varia- 
tions of  the  third  folio  of  1663.  But  I  could  never  induce  him 
to  Invest  In  the  Shakespeare  quartos  until  December,  1855.  I 
then  offered  him  while  he  was  still  In  Paris  in  one  lump  about 
forty  of  the  quartos,  all  in  good  condition  and  some  of  them  very 
fine,  for  £500,  or  Including  a  fair  set  of  the  four  folios,  for  £600. 
This  offer  upset  his  previous  resolutions,  and  he  bought  the  whole, 
^'^hus  becoming  at  one  step,  the  possessor  of  perhaps  the  finestN  , 

\  Shakespearian  collection  then  in  private  hands.  ^     ^'fc  / 

An  exact  list  of  the  quartos  will  enable  an  expert  to  judge  of  the 
prices  compared  with  what  such  a  collection  would  bring  now. 
They  were.  Merry  JVives,  2nd  and  3rd  editions,  1619  and  1630; 
Midsummer  Night,  2nd,  Roberts,  1600;  Loves  Labor's  Lost, 
2nd,  1631;  Merchant  of  Venice,  ist,  2nd,  3rd  and  4th  editions, 
1600,  1600  Roberts,  1637,  1652;  Taming  of  the  Shrew,  ist  edi- 
tion, 1631 ;  Richard  II,  4th  and  5th  editions,  16 15,  1634;  Henry 

•Thomas  Jefferson  possessed  the  plays  of  the  volume  of  1619,  which  entered  the  library 
of  the  Universit}'  of  Virginia  in  1853,  by  gift  of  his  nephew,  Thomas  Mason  Randolph,  and 
were  destroyed  by  fire  in  1895.  If  he  had  bought  the  plays  separately  he  might  have  qualified 
on  them  as  an  anticipator  of  Barton,  but  as  he  possessed  only  these  he  must  be  supposed  to 
have  picked  them  up  as  a  volume,  and  one  volume  does  not  make  a  collector! 

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INTRODUCTION 

IV,  2nd,  5th  and  8th  editions,  1599,  16 13,  1639;  Henry  V,  3rd 
edition,  1608;  Richard  III,  ^th,  7th  and  8th  editions,  161 2,  1629, 
1634;  Romeo  and  Juliet,  5th  edition,  1637;  Macbeth,  ist  edition, 
1674; //am/<r/,  4th  and  7th  editions  [1607],  iSt,']  ;  Lear,  ist  and 
3rd  editions,  1608,  1655;  Othello,  ist,  2nd  and  3rd  editions, 
1622,  1630,  1655;  Pericles,  3rd  and  5th  editions,  1619,  1635; 
Henry  VI,  2nd  part,  4th  edition  [1619],  and  3rd  part,  3rd  edi- 
tion [1619];  Sir  John  Oldcastle,  1600;  Lord  Cromwell,  1602, 
unique;  Yorkshire  Tragedy,  161 9;  Rape  of  Lucrece,  i6mo, 
1 61 6;  Birth  of  Merline,  1662;  The  Puretaine,  1607;  The  Lon- 
don Prodigal,  1605;  and  two  or  three  others,  besides  the  four 
folios,  all  for  £600!  He  was  greatly  pleased  with  his  bargain, 
but  I  could  never  tempt  him  to  go  further  in  the  Shakespeare 
quartos.* 

The  value  of  this  haphazard  collection  had  no  doubt  increased  greatly 
at  the  time  that  Stevens  wrote,  and  now  that  another  thirty  years  have 
passed  has  increased  greatly  again,  but  to  suggest  that  in  1855  it  was 
"perhaps  the  finest  Shakespearian  collection  then  in  private  hands"  suggests 
either  a  curious  ignorance  or  still  more  curious  bluff. 

In  May,  1856,  Halliwell  sold  at  Sotheby's  a  first  edition  of  the  Merchant 
of  Venice,  a  Richard  II  of  1598,  half  a  dozen  plays  from  the  volume  of 
1 619,  and  a  dozen  later  editions,  and  a  twelvemonth  later  a  smaller  but 
rather  nice  lot  of  quartos  which  included  first  editions  of  Much  Ado  and 
Henry  IV,  Part  II;  in  1858,  as  we  have  seen,  he  sold  a  much  more  inter- 
esting collection,  including  a  Hamlet  of  1603,  to  the  British  Museum;  gave 
another  lot  to  Edinburgh  University  in  1873;  and  still  had  a  few  to  sell 
In  1889;  while  a  further  collection  of  "Rarities"  passed  in  1897  to  Mr. 
Marsden  Perry  of  Providence,  R.  I.  In  1864  came  the  sale  of  the  Daniel 
collection  already  described  from  his  own  memorandum  of  1847.  At  this 
Mr.  Henry  Huth  was  the  chief  purchaser.  He  was  then  mid-way  in 
his  career  as  a  collector,  and  before  his  death  in  1878  had  brought  together 
a  fine  set  of  Shakespeare  Quartos,  including  the  Hamlet  of  1604,  Henry 
IV,  Part  II  (six  leaves),  Henry  V,  Merchant  of  Venice,  Midsummer 
Night's  Dream  of  1600,  Othello,  1622,  Richard  II,  1597  and  1608  (first 
issue),  Richard  HI,  1597;  Romeo  and  Juliet,  1599,  and  the  second  issue 
of  Troilus  and  Cressida,  besides  a  complete  set  of  the  plays  of  the  volume 
of  1619,  in  the  discussions  as  to  which  his  son  joined  in  an  article  in  The 
Library.  Most  of  his  copies  were  in  very  fine  condition,  and  the  Eliza- 
bethan Club  of  Yale  has  abundant  cause  to  be  grateful  for  the  munificence 
which  secured  them  so  fine  a  set  intact,  save  for  the  three  which  passed  to 
the  British  Museum. 

In  1 87 1  came  the  sale  of  the  sixth  part  of  the  collection  of  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Corser,  which  was  somewhat  less  strong  in  Shakespearian  Quartos 
than  might  have  been  expected;  in  1874  that  of  Sir  William  Tite,  the 
well-known  architect,  and  at  this  the  chief  buyer  of  Shakesperiana  was 

•Henry  Stevens:  Recollections  of  Mr.  James  Lenox,  1886,  pp.  47  sq. 

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INTRODUCTION 

Frederick  Locker,  a  collector  of  exceptional  taste  and  judgment,  by  the 
aid  of  which,  though  he  never  spent  any  very  large  sums  on  his  hobby, 
he  brought  together  a  charmingly  compact  collection  of  early  editions  of 
English  poems,  essays,  novels  and  plays,  which  rightly  enjoyed  a  reputation 
far  in  excess  of  its  pecuniary  cost.  Among  his  Shakesperiana  were  both 
the  issues  of  the  Henry  IV,  Part  II,  of  1600,  besides  the  Henry  V,  Much 
Ado,  and  Merchant  of  Venice  of  that  year,  the  Romeo  and  Juliet  of  1599, 
the  second  issue  of  Troiliis  and  Cressida,  and  a  good  many  of  the  inter- 
mediate quartos,  including  all  those  of  the  volume  of  1619.  His  eldest 
son  Godfrey  proved  himself  worthy  of  his  father,  in  the  first  instance  by 
the  skill  with  which  he  added  to  the  English  treasures  which  he  inherited 
a  similar  collection  of  foreign  ones,  and  secondly  by  the  pluck  with  which 
he  parted  with  both  sections  of  his  library  at  a  call  to  which  Mr.  Locker 
himself  would  certainly  have  responded  in  the  same  way.  One  of  the 
issues  of  the  Henry  IV,  Part  II,  was  first  sold  at  Sotheby's  in  1904,  and 
the  following  year  the  whole  collection  was  bought  by  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co. 
by  arrangement  with  Mr.  E.  Dwight  Church,  who  took  from  it  all  the 
books  he  wanted,  leaving  the  rest  in  the  hands  of  the  firm.  The  Mid- 
summer Night's  Dream  of  1600  thus  found  a  home  in  Stratford-on-Avon, 
and  a  Titus  Andronicus  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  but  the  bulk  of  the  Shake- 
speriana was  retained  by  Mr.  Church  and  passed  after  his  death  to  Mr. 
Henry  E.  Huntington,  who  also  acquired  in  January,  19 14,  from  the 
present  Duke  of  Devonshire  the  famous  Kemble  collection  of  plays  pur- 
chased by  the  Sixth  Duke  in  1822  for  £2,000.  Most  of  the  other  Shake- 
speriana which  have  been  on  the  market  during  the  last  thirty  years  have 
drifted  into  the  possession  of  Mr.  Folger,  whose  appetite  for  them  appears 
to  be  insatiable.  It,  perhaps,  reached  its  maximum  in  the  year  1907,  in 
the  course  of  which  he  acquired  the  so-called  "Halllwell  Rarities"  sold 
in  1897  to  Mr.  Marsden  Perry,  the  quartos  belonging  to  Bishop  Gott, 
and  those  of  Lord  Howe  (bequeathed  in  1773  to  his  ancestor  W.  P.  A. 
Curzon  by  Charles  Jennens).  In  or  about  1907  Mr.  Folger  also  acquired 
the  "Jonas"  quartos.  Before  this  he  already,  it  is  believed,  possessed 
quartos  which  had  belonged  to  Messrs.  Griswold  and  Kalbfleisch,  and 
probably  also  a  set  from  Warwick  Castle,  as  to  the  original  provenance  of 
which  information  has  not  been  obtained,  though  their  dates  suggest  the 
modern  auction-room  rather  than  early  possession.  Most  of  these  pur- 
chases en  bloc  yielded  Mr.  Folger  one  or  more  valuable  edil'ons,  though 
all  the  Jonas  quartos  were  of  16 19  or  later,  and  the  best  of  the  Kalbfleisch 
was  a  Richard  II  of  1598.  Among  the  Griswold  copies  was  a  Much  Ado 
of  1600;  among  the  Warwick  a  Romeo  and  Juliet  of  1599  and  Merchant 
of  Venice  of  1600,  nothing  else  being  earlier  than  1608  ;  among  the  "Halll- 
well Rarities,"  a  fragment  of  what  may  be  the  first  edition  of  Henry  IV, 
another  Merchant  of  Venice  and  a  Love's  Labors  Lost  of  i';98  and 
Lear  of  1608;  among  the  Gott  quartos,  a  Midsummer  Night's  L)ream  of 
1600,  and  other  copies  of  Love's  Labors  Lost  and  of  the  second  Romeo 
and  Juliet;  amongst  the  Howe  books  an  Othello  of  1622,  Richard  HI  of 
1597  and  Hamlet  of  1604   (a  great  prize),  besides  a  third  Romeo  and 

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INTRODUCTION 

Juliet  of  1599  and  a  second  Richard  II  of  1598  and  Lear  of  1608.  A 
few  quartos  seem  to  have  been  bought  singly  at  various  auctions  or  taken 
over  from  booksellers  who  so  purchased  them,  and  in  1905  Mr.  Folger 
acquired  through  Messrs.  Sotheran  the  only  known  copy  of  the  Titus  An- 
droniciis  of  1594,  which  had  remained  in  Sweden  since  the  death  of  its 
first  recorded  owner,  Mr.  Charles  Robson  at  Stockholm  in  1794.  Next 
to  Mr.  Huntington,  Mr.  Folger  and  the  Elizabethan  Club,  the  best  col- 
lection of  Shakespeare  Quartos  in  the  United  States  is  that  of  Mr.  W.  A. 
White  of  Brooklyn,  who  owns  two  copies  of  the  E  6  issue  of  Henry  IV, 
Part  II,  a  Lear,  Love's  Labors  Lost,  Merchant  of  Venice,  Midsummer 
Night's  Dream,  Much  Ado,  Othello,  and  Troilus  (second  issue)  in  first 
editions,  besides  the  1599  Romeo  and  Juliet  and  1608  Richard  II,  and 
many  intermediate  and  later  editions,  including  an  apparently  unique  one 
of  Richard  II  dated  1598,  and  reprinted  from  the  earlier  quarto  of  that 
year.  The  foundation  of  Mr.  White's  collection  appears  to  have  been 
laid  at  the  Perkins  sale  in  1889.  The  only  other  collection  we  have  space 
here  to  mention  is  that  of  Mr.  Marsden  Perry  which  is  chiefly  notable 
for  its  containing  the  one  unbroken  copy  of  the  volume  of  161 9  now 
known  to  exist. 

The  passage  of  so  many  Shakespeare  Quartos  across  the  Atlantic  has 
been  deplored  by  an  English  writer  as  "lamentable,"  and  interpreted  by 
an  American  bibliographer  as  a  conclusive  proof  "that  Englishmen  value 
their  sovereigns  more  than  literary  treasures."  Neither  comment  seems 
quite  reasonable.  What  matters  is  that  serious  students  of  Shakespeare 
on  both  sides  of  the  water  should  have  easy  access  to  the  original  editions 
necessary  for  the  construction  of  his  text.  In  England  there  were,  and 
are,  fine  sets  of  these  editions  at  the  British  Museum,  at  the  Bodleian 
Library,  Oxford,  and  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge;  also  supplementary 
sets  at  Edinburgh  University  and  elsewhere.  Besides  these  there  were, 
twenty  years  ago,  as  many  or  more  important  editions  in  private  hands, 
of  which  very  slight  use  was  being  made.  Most  of  these  privately  owned 
English  copies  are  now  privately  owned  in  the  United  States.  If  they 
continue  to  be  privately  owned  in  their  new  habitat,  the  English-speaking 
world  is  no  worse  off  than  before;  if  they  pass  into  public  ownership  it  is 
much  better  off.  Professional  librarians  must  own,  with  some  shame 
but  more  gratitude,  that  the  great  treasures  in  the  world's  libraries  are 
only  to  a  very  small  extent  of  their  buying.  Shakespeare  Quartos  are  too 
expensive  for  any  public  library  to  buy  nowadays,  and  the  curious  thing 
is  that  they  always  have  been  too  expensive  for  any  public  library  to  buy, 
even  when  they  were  obtainable  for  a  few  pence.  It  is  to  the  imagination, 
the  foresight,  the  pluck  of  the  private  collector  that  libraries  in  the  British 
Isles  owe  90  per  cent  of  their  finest  treasures.  As  a  rule  the  most  that 
the  professional  librarian  has  done  has  been  to  fill  up  gaps.  In  the 
United  States  the  movement  is  gaining  strength,  which  In  Great  Britain 
Wm.  Drummond  anticipated  when  he  gave  his  Shakespeare  Quartos  to 
Edinburgh  University,  which  Garrick  inaugurated,  and  Capell,  Storer, 
Malone,  Dyce,  Halliwell  and  Huth  continued.     The  United  States  is  not 

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INTRODUCTION 

going  to  remain  forever  with  the  Barton  collection  at  Boston,  and  the 
Lenox  collection  at  New  York  as  the  only  Shakespeare  Quartos  (there  is 
one  at  the  Library  of  Congress)  which  a  student  can  see  without  obtaining 
an  introduction  to  a  private  owner. 

The  present  Census  is  in  a  manner  a  celebration  of  a  gift  to  a  corpora- 
tion which  plays  its  part  in  a  great  university,  and  it  needs  no  prophet  to 
be  sure  that  the  movement  will  continue,  nor  can  any  wise  Englishman  wish 
that  it  should  be  stopped  by  any  refusal  of  English  private  owners  to  sell  in 
order  that  as  many  Shakespeare  Quartos  as  possible  may  be  kept  in  the 
British  Isles.  Now  and  again  old  books,  as  in  the  case  of  the  Bridgewater 
quartos,  may  have  stayed  so  long  in  the  same  family  that,  unless  they  are 
urgently  needed  elsewhere,  it  becomes  an  impiety  to  sever  the  connection. 
But  as  soon  as  the  ardor  of  collecting  wanes  the  possession  of  rare  books 
becomes  a  burden,  and  if  they  are  of  the  intrinsic  interest  and  importance 
of  the  early  Shakespeare  quartos,  a  very  heavy  one.  Here,  indeed,  is  a 
kind  of  property  which  brings  with  it  the  maximum  of  duties  and  the 
minimum  of  rights.  In  the  Sixteenth  Century  rich  men  were  content  to 
be  public  institutions,  and  thought  that  to  maintain  a  great  library  and 
show  patient  hospitality  to  scholars  desirous  of  using  it  was  no  ill  way 
of  acquiring  merit.  But  the  pleasure  of  being  a  public  institution  has  long 
since  palled,  even  upon  dukes,  and  why  should  a  man  play  dog-in-the- 
manger  with  Shakespeare  Quartos  when  others  are  yearning  to  present 
them  to  public  libraries  where  they  are  sorely  needed? 

The  following  two  tables  will  show  at  a  glance  the  present  ownership : 
(i)  of  the  early  quartos  which  rank  as  First  Editions,  (2)  of  the  inter- 
mediate quartos  printed  before  1623  and  necessary  for  the  understanding 
of  the  First  Folio. 


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1 

Richard   II. 

1597 

1 

Richard  11. 

1608JJ 
1597 

1 

1 

1+1 

1 

Richard  III. 

1 

1 

R.  &J. 

1597 

1 

1 

R.  &J. 

1599 

1 

1 

1 

1*2 

1*1 

1 

Titus 

1594 

1 

Troilus 

1609^1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

23 

15*1 

4 

6 

20*» 

4 

4 

4 

11 

11*7 

20*9 

14 

9*1 

Owners  of  three  editions  or  fewer:  Mr.  Marsden  Perry  {Henry  IF,  Part  II,  a.  Much  Ado, 
Richard  II,  1608  a)  ;  New  York  Public  Library  (Lear,  M.  o.  V.,  Othello)  ;  Britwell  (Much 
Ado) ;  Eton  College  (Troilus  b) ;  Hunterian  Museum  (Henry  IV,  Part  II,  a). 


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INTRODUCTION 


II.     Intermediate  Editions. 


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a 
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Hamlet 

1611 

1 

1*1 

1 

1 

1*1 

1*2 

1         1 

n.d. 

1 

ri 

1 

1*2 

1 

1 

1         1 

Henry  IV. 

1599 
1604 
1608 
1613 
1622 

1 

1 

1 

1*1 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

1 

1*1 
1*2 

1*1 
1*1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

Henry  V. 

1602 

"1608" 

1 

v- 

1 

1 

1*4 

1*1 

1 

1 

1         1 

Lear 

"1608" 

1 

1*2 

1 

1 

1*3 

1*2 

1 

1 

1         1 

M.  0.  V. 

"1600" 

1 

ri 

1 

1 

1*2 

1*2 

1 

1 

M.  W. 

1619 

1 

I'l 

1 

1*4 

1*1 

1 

1 

1         1 

M.  N.  D. 

"1600" 

1 

ri 

1 

1 

1*3 

1*2 

1 

1 

1         1 

Richard  II. 

1598 
1598 

1 

1 

1 

1*1 

1 

1605 

1 

1 

1 

1*1 

1*1 

1 

1         1 

Richard  III. 

1598 
1602 
1605 
1612 
1622 

1 

VI- 

1 
1 

1 

1*2 

1 

1 

1*1 

1*1 

1 

1         1 

R.  &  J. 

1609 

1 

1 

1*1 

n.d.  (2) 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1         1 

Titus 

1600 

1 

1 

1611 

1 

1*1 

1 

1 

1*1 

1*1 

1 

1         1 

26 

21 

12 

4    2 

1*14 

9 

10 

11 

16*25 

23*1® 

9*1 

10 

21     12 

Oioners  of  six  editions  or  fewer:  H.  H.  Furness  (6**);  J.  P.  Morgan  (5);  Dyce  Collection 
(4);  Eton  College  (4);  Shakespeare  Birthplace  (4*1);  Dodd  (3);  John  Murray  (3);  Brltwell 
(2);  Quarltch  (2*1);  Trowbridge  (2);  A.  T.  White  (2);  Balllol  College  (2);  Clawson  (2); 
Terry  (2)  ;  Birmingham  Public  Library,  Carrington,  Earle,  Hunterlan  Museum,  John  Carter 
Brown  Library,  Library  of  Congress,  Pickering,  Shakespeare  Memorial,  Valentine,  Royal 
Library  Windsor,  one  each.  Of  these  Balllol  owns  Hamlet,  1611;  Clawson,  Richard  II,  1615; 
Dyce,  Hamlet,  1611,  and  Henry  IV,  1622;  Furness,  Hamlet,  1611  and  n.  d.,  and  Richard  III, 
1612;  Hunterlan  Museum,  Henry  IV,  1599;  Quarltch,  Titus,  1611.  All  the  other  copies  belong 
to  the  volume  of  1619.  The  Bridgewater  Library  is  included  in  the  list  Itself  because  of  the 
rarity  of  some  of  its  four  editions. 


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INTRODUCTION 

In  the  first  of  these  tables  the  1608  Richard  II  has  been  included  with 
some  reluctance,  as  although  it  gives  the  first  edition  of  part  of  the 
Deposition  Scene  this  hardly  entitles  it  to  rank  with  first  editions  of  whole 
plays,  still  less  by  virtue  of  its  alternative  titles  to  rank  as  two.  In  this 
case,  however,  as  in  those  of  the  Hamlet  of  1 604-1605,  the  Henry  IV,  Part 
II,  of  1600,  and  the  Troilits  of  1609,  whether  the  two  issues  are  counted 
twice  or  not,  as  It  chances,  makes  no  difference  to  the  order  of  precedence 
of  the  chief  collections.  At  the  head  of  this  come  the  British  Museum 
and  Mr.  Huntington,  each  only  lacking  the  doubtfully  Shakespearian 
Titus  Andronicus  of  1594  and  two  variant  titles.  Mr.  Huntington  has 
nine  duplicates  against  six  owned  by  the  Museum,  and  from  a  textual 
standpoint  this  gives  him  a  slight  advantage;  on  the  other  hand  the  crop- 
ping and  mounting  of  the  Kemble  plays  would  probably  make  most  col- 
lectors prefer  the  Museum  set.  The  Bodleian  and  Capell  collections 
follow  some  little  way  behind,  and  then  come  Mr.  Folger,  the  Elizabethan 
Club,  and  Mr.  White.  The  total  number  of  copies  here  registered  as  on 
the  English  side  of  the  Atlantic  is  seventy-seven  and  on  the  American 
seventy-eight. 

As  regards  our  second  table  the  benefit  of  the  doubt  has  been  given  to 
the  undated  Hamlet  and  Romeo  and  Juliet,  though  some  bibliographers 
place  them  as  late  as  1630.  As  Mr.  Huntington  is  the  only  possessor  of 
copies  of  both  the  title-pages  of  the  Romeo  and  Juliet,  this  is  in  his  favor 
and  gives  him  a  total  of  twenty-three  against  twenty-one  In  the  British 
Museum,  while  Mr.  Huntington  has  sixteen  duplicates  and  the  Museum 
fourteen.  The  Bodleian  and  Capell  collections  each  have  twenty-one 
editions,  Mr.  Folger  being  fifth  with  sixteen  editions  and  twenty-five  dupli- 
cates, mostly  of  plays  of  the  volume  of  1619. 

The  total  of  the  copies  in  American  hands  is  again  a  little  larger  than 
those  registered  as  In  British  collections,  although  as  it  is  probable  that 
there  are  more  unregistered  copies  in  Great  Britain  the  difference  either 
way  is  very  slight.  In  the  third  section,  of  editions  after  1623,  In  which 
English  collectors  have  taken  little  interest,  the  American  predominance 
is  more  marked. 

A  few  notes  and  explanations  remain  to  be  added.  The  scope  of  our 
researches  has  been  determined  for  us  by  the  earlier  work  of  Sir  Sidney 
Lee,  who  has  already  dealt  with  the  First  Folio  and  with  Pericles  and  the 
Poems.  Our  limit  has  been  taken  at  1709,  the  year  of  the  publication  of 
Rowes  text,  the  first  which  bore  an  editor's  name.  This  introduction  and 
the  details  of  the  larger  English  collections  down  to  1660  are  mainly  the 
work  of  the  English  partner  in  this  enterprise,  while  the  later  quartos  in 
English  hands,  all  those  in  the  United  States  and  the  List  of  Unidentified 
Copies  and  Index  are  due  to  the  American.  But  the  partners  have 
exchanged  much  Information  and  are  quite  willing  to  share  the  burden  of 
each  other's  responsibilities.  American  copies  are  allocated  to  their  owners 
in  the  autumn  of  19 15,  British  ones  to  those  who  held  them  at  the  outbreak 
of  the  European  War,  which  may  also  be  mentioned  as  having  precluded 
any  attempt  to  trace  the  few  quartos  on  the  Continent  of  Europe,  and 

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INTRODUCTION 

interrupted  a  correspondence  with  the  late  Lord  Ninian  Crichton  Stuart, 
who  later  on  died  very  gallantly  at  the  head  of  his  battalion  of  the  Welsh 
Regiment.  The  lack  of  information  as  to  his  copies  and  Mr.  Folger's 
is  greatly  regretted.  In  other  respects  we  could  wish  our  work  were  better, 
but  the  difficulties  of  collaboration  under  the  circumstances  of  the  last 
eighteen  months  have  been  great. 

Two  small  points  to  be  noted  are  that  the  measurements  of  type-pages 
and  of  most  copies  have  been  taken  from  sig.  Ci,  and  that  the  catchwords 
of  the  first  page  of  each  quire  are  given  as  a  help  to  identifying  imperfect 
copies.  These  catchwords  have  been  found  excellent  tests  in  differentiating 
the  undated  editions  of  Hamlet  and  Julius  Caesar  which  have  hitherto  been 
confused.  The  differentiation  of  Mr.  W.  A.  White's  1598  edition  of 
Richard  II  from  the  other  examples  bearing  this  date  has  already  been 
mentioned  incidentally,  and  may  perhaps  also  be  placed  to  the  credit  of 
this  Census. 

Our  thanks  are  due  to  His  Grace  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  and  his  libra- 
rian, Mr.  J.  P.  Maine;  His  Lordship  the  late  Earl  of  Ellesmere  and  his 
librarian,  Mr.  Strachan  Holme;  Mr.  S.  R.  Christie  Miller,  Britwell  Court; 
Mr.  John  Murray.  London;  Mr.  W.  A.  White,  Brooklyn;  Mr.  H.  E. 
Huntington,  New  York;  Mr.  H.  H.  Furness,  Philadelphia;  Mr.  Marsden 
J.  Perry,  Providence,  R.  I.;  to  the  librarians  of  the  various  public  institu- 
tions in  England  and  America  which  have  Shakespeare  Quartos;  and  lastly 
to  all  collectors  in  both  countries  who  have  kindly  and  generously  opened 
their  libraries  to  us  and  assisted  us  in  every  way  with  information  in  regard 
to  their  books. 

Henrietta  C.  Bartlett, 
Alfred  W.  Pollard. 
February,  19 16. 


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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE'S 
PLAYS   IN   QUARTO 

1594-1709 


HAMLET. 


HAMLET,   1603. 

The  I  Tragicall  Historic  of  |  Hamlet  |  Prince  of  Denmarke  |  By  William 
Shake-speare.  |  As  it  hath  beene  diuerse  times  acted  by  his  Highnesse 
ser-|uants  in  the  Cittie  of  London:  as  also  in  the  two  V-|niuersities  of 
Cambridge  and  Oxford,  and  elsewhere.  |  [Ling's  device]  |  At  London 
printed  for  N.L.  and  lohn  Trundell.  |  1603. 

First  edition.    Title,  1  leaf;  B-I'*;  total,  33  leaves.    Type-page,  6  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:     Bi,  There-;    Ci,  Ham.;    Di,  For;    Ei,  Ham.;    Fi,  Gil.;    Gi,  I;    Hi, 
Leartes;  li,  Hor. 

COPIES. 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  i5/i6x4  iMg".  Title  lacking;  ia^gularly  mterleaved 
with  text  of  modern  edition  of  later  version  pasted  on  interleaves  and  also  quotations 
from  Theobald ;  a  few  variant  readings  on  margins  of  text.  "Bought  9  November 
1858"  stamped  on  I4  verso ;  crown  stamp  on  Bi  recto.  Pasted  on  wrapper  is  the  note: 
"This  is  the  rare  &  most  precious  Edition  of  the  Hamlet  of  1603,  of  which  the  only 
other  known  copy  is  in  the  collection  of  the  Duke  of  Devonshire.  I  purchased  this 
volume  of  Messrs  Boone  in  Sept.  1856  for  £120.  J.  O.  Halliwell".  Inside  cover  is 
pasted  this  printed  entry  from  catalogue:  "No  perfect  copy  is  known  of  this,  the 
original  sketch  of  Shakespeare's  Hamlet.  All  the  older  commentators  were  ignorant 
of  its  existence  and  it  was  not  until  the  year  1825  that  a  copy,  wanting  the  last  leaf, 
was  discovered.  That  copy,  long  supposed  to  be  unique,  is  now  in  the  possession  of 
the  Duke  of  Devonshire.  The  present  one  has  the  last  leaf  but  wants  the  title.  It  is 
otherwise  perfect  in  firm  sound  genuine  condition  throughout,  and  most  of  the  leaves 
remarkably  fine."  The  Rooney  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin  (sold,  1856),  Boone 
(sold,  September,  1856),  Halliwell  (sold,  November  9,  1858)  copy.  Kept  in  grey 
wrappers  pasted  over  brown  paper  as  at  time  of  purchase,  within  red  morocco  case. 
Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  1.  [1 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  4  ^g"-  !•»  lacking;  some  headlines  cropped.  Found  by 
Sir  H.  E.  Bunbury  at  Barton,  1823,  in  volume  containing  other  quartos;  probably 
belonged  to  his  grandfather.  Sir  William  Bunbury.  The  Bunbury  (exchanged, 
1823),  Payne  &  Foss  (sold,  1823),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid 
and  bound  with  Henry  IV,  1600,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  5i42  of  the  Devonshire 
Collection.  [2 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 

HAMLET,   1604. 

The  I  Tragicall  Historic  of  |  Hamlet,  |  Prince  of  Denmarke.  |  By 
William  Shakespeare.  |  Newly  imprinted  and  enlarged  to  almost  as  much  | 
againe  as  it  was,  according  to  the  true  and  perfect  |  Coppie.  |  [Ling's 
device]  |  At  London,  |  Printed  by  LR.  for  N.L.  and  are  to  be  sold  at 
his  I  shoppe  vnder  Saint  Dunstons  Church  in  |  Fleetstreet.     1604. 

Second  edition,  earlier  title.    Title,  1  leaf;  B-N*;  O^;  total,  51  leaves.    O2  is  wrongly 

marked  G2.    Type-page,  6  %6  x  4  ^^e"- 
Catchwords:    Bi,  Mar;  Ci,  But;  Di,  Being;  Ei,  You;  Fi,  tifuU;  Gi,  Of;  Hi,  Enter; 

li,  May;   Ki,  The;   Li,  Let;   Mi,  Clambring;   Ni,  My;   Oi,  O. 

COPIES. 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7%x5i,4".  Some  leaves  stained  in  margins.  Book- 
plates of  Plummer  and  Huth;  signature  "Jacobus  Cumming,  P.H."  on  Bi.  Dis- 
covered by  H.  Staunton  in  collection  of  Plummer  of  Selkirk  and  sold  to  Messrs. 
Hatchard  who  resold  it  to  Mr.  Huth.  The  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1202), 
Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red  straight-grained 
morocco.  [3 

FOLGER.  7  X  5".  Ks  to  O2  injured  on  lower  outer  corners,  some  words  supplied 
in  manuscript;  title  stained;  li-Ka  mended  in  outer  lower  margins;  cropped  at  foot, 
injuring  a  few  signatures  and  catchwords.  With  note  in  old  handwriting  on  title 
following  author's  name:  "who  (with  some  errors  not  to  be  avoided  in  that  age, 
had  undoubtedly  a  larger  Soule  of  Poesie  then  for  any  of  our  Nation)  was  the  first 
who  to  shun  ye  pain  of  continuall  rhymg  invented  that  kinde  of  writing  which  we 
call  blanch  verse,  but  ye  French  more  properly  Prose  Mesuree ;  into  which  the 
English  tongue  so  naturally  falls."  The  Jennens  (collected  c.  1740,  bequeathed 
1773  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold,  December,  1907) 
copy.     Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [4 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %x4  Yiq".  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  some  catchwords  and 
signatures.  Note  by  Kemble:  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1798."  The  Kemble 
(sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Joigid  and  bound  with 
Merry  Wives,  1619,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  119.  [5 


HAMLET,   1605. 
Second  edition,  later  title.    Differs  from  the  preceding  only  in  the  date  on  the  title. 

COPIES. 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6%x4%".  Last  leaf  lacking;  cropped  at  foot,  slightly 
injuring  a  few  catchwords;  ink  stain  on  F*  recto,  Gs  recto,  G4  recto;  some  leaves 
soiled.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January  7,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco 
with  Garrick's  arms.     Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  2.  [6 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7%x5%".  Stamp  on  verso  title. 
The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf  with  Henry  IV, 
1632,  and  other  plays.    Pressmark,  S.  31.  [7 

[2  ] 


HAMLET 

HAMLET,   1611. 

The  I  Tragedy  |  of  \  Hamlet  |  Prince  of  Denmarke.  |  By  |  William 
Shakespeare.  |  Newly  imprinted  and  enlarged  to  almost  as  much  |  againe 
as  it  was,  according  to  the  true  \  and  perfect  Coppy.  |  [Smethwicke's 
device]  |  At  London,  |  Printed  for  lohn  Smethwicke  and  are  to  be  sold 
at  his  shoppe  |  in  Saint  Dunstons  Church  yeard  in  Fleetstreet.  |  Vnder 
the  Diall.     161 1. 

Third  edition.    Title,  lleaf;  B-N*;  O^;  total,  51  leaves.    Type-page,  6  ^e  x  4  3/4 ". 
Catchwords:    Bi,  Mar.;  Ci,  But;  Di,  Being;  Ei,  You;  Fi,  tifull;  Gi,  O;  Hi,    Enter; 

li,  May;  Ki,  The;  Li,  Let;   Mi,  Clambrin;  Ni,  My;  Oi,  O. 

COPIES. 

BALLIOL  COLLEGE,  OXFORD.  7x5  %".  Title  mounted.  Note :  "Extracted 
from  a  book  of  Plays,  Arch.  M.6.12,  and  bound  April  1864.  Donald  M.  Owen 
Librarian,  Balliol."     Bound  in  red  morocco.  [8 

BODLEIAN.  7  %x4i5/i6"-  Probably  the  Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  5470)  copy. 
Purchased,  1834.    Bound  in  russia,  gilt  tooling.     Pressmark,  Malone  866.  [9 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  6%x4%".  The  Nixon  (May,  1818,  No.  671),  Heber 
(December,  1834,  No.  2021),  Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound  in  maroon 
morocco,  by  Lewis.  [10 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6i%cx4%".  Somewhat  soiled.  Large  grease  stain  at 
lower  outer  corner  at  end  of  book.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  sides.     Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  4.  [11 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6%x4y2"-  Title  lacking.  Badly  cropped.  Old  red 
stamp  denoting  purchase  before  1840.    Half  bound.    Pressmark,  C.  59.  [11* 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  7x4%".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  headlines  on  Ds,  Fi, 
F4,  G3,  H2,  Hs,  Li.  With  "C.  P.  A.  Dyce".  The  Dyce  (bequeathed,  1869)  copy. 
Bound  in  blue  morocco  extra,  by  Riviere.  [12 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  7  %  x  5  y/'.  Title  in  facsimile ;  mended  on  inner 
margin  throughout.  The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy.  Bound  in  green  levant 
morocco,  by  Bedford.  [13 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7x5  1/4".  Title  rebacked  on  inner  margin;  cropped 
at  foot,  injuring  two  signatures,  "for  Marc  Stapfer"  on  title;  Huth  book-plate. 
The  Bandinel  (August,  1861,  No.  1264),  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1203), 
Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy.    Bound  in  russia,  gauffered  edges.     [14 

FOLGER.  7x5  y^".  Figures  in  ink  on  verso  N4.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740, 
bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold, 
December,  1907)  copy.     Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [15 

FOLGER.  The  Gott  (sold  through  Sotheran,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco, 
by  Lewis.  [16 

FURNESS.  7x5".  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  a  few  signatures;  Oi  extended  on 
outer  margin ;  O2  backed  and  mended  on  outer  margin.  Note  by  W.  Tite  on 
front  fly-leaf.  The  Daniel  (July,  1864,  No.  1440),  Tite  (June,  1874,  No.  2728) 
copy.  Bound  in  red  straight-grained  morocco,  with  "G.  D[aniel]"  in  gilt  on  front 
cover.  [17 

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HUNTINGTON.  6i%6x4%6".  Title  lacking;  cropped  top  and  foot.  Signa- 
ture of  George  Steevens;  note:  "Collated  &  Perfect,  J.  P.  K.,  1814";  and  Rox- 
burghe  arms  on  Bi  recto ;  notes  by  Steevens  and  numerous  pencil  marks.  The 
Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1263),  Roxburghe  (May,  1812,  No.  3864),  Kemble 
(sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  red 
levant  morocco  by  Birdsall.  [18 

HUNTINGTON.  6  Yg  x  4  %".  With  signed  autograph  letter  of  Cobden  Sander- 
son laid  in.  Book-plate  of  R.  Hoe.  The  Pope  (sold,  June,  1895),  Hoe  (April, 
1911,  No.  2972)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  morocco,  elaborate  gilt  tooling,  green  silk 
doublures  and  fly-leaves,  by  Cobden  Sanderson.  [19 

HUNTINGTON.  7x5  %6"-  F4  in  facsimile.  Book-plate  of  E.  D.  Church.  The 
Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [20 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7y4x5y4".  Title  lacking;  some 
leaves  stained.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf, 
with  other  Shakespeare  plays.    Pressmark,  R.  19.  1.  [21 

WHITE.  6  %  X  5  %".  Cropped  top  and  foot,  injuring  some  signatures  and  head- 
lines; some  corners  extended.  "Falconbridge,  Toronto,  1885"  on  title;  "Walter 
Townsend  from  W.  G.  Falconbridge  1894",  and  "Charles  Young  from  Vernon, 
1837"  on  fly-leaves.  Purchased  from  Quaritch,  December,  1896.  Bound  in  brown 
straight-grained  morocco,  by  Lewis.  [22 


HAMLET,  n.  d. 

The  I  Tragedy  |  of  |  Hamlet  |  Prince  of  Denmarke.  |  Newly  Imprinted 
and  inlarged,  according  to  the  true  |  and  perfect  Copy  lastly  Printed.  |  By  | 
William  Shakespeare.  |  [Smethwicke's  device]  |  London,  |  Printed  by 
W.  S.  for  lohn  Smethwicke,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  |  Shop  in  Saint 
Dunstans  Church-yard  in  Fleetstreet:  |  Vnder  the  DIall. 

Fourth  edition.    A-N*;   total,  52  leaves.    N4  blank.    Type-page,  6  %  x  4  %". 
Catchwords:    A2,  Fran.;  Bi,  Im-;  Ci,  The;  Di,  Mar.;  Ei,  My;  Fi,  Out;  Gi,  ous; 
Hi,  Ros.;   l\,Ham.;  K.\,  Quee.;   Li,  And;   Mi,  they;   Ni,  And. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7x5  ^s"-  Note  by  Malone  facing  title:  "This  edition  of  Hamlet 
was  printed,  I  believe,  in  1607,  as  was  also  I  imagine  the  undated  edition  of  Romeo 
&  Juliet,  for  these  two  plays  were  entered  on  the  Stationers  books  by  John  Smeth- 
wick  Novr.  19,  1607.  E.  M.  (P.S.)  In  the  edition  of  1604  the  words  following 
the  title  are-  'Newly  imprinted  and  enlarged  to  almost  as  much  againe  as  it  was, 
according  to  the  true  and  perfect  coppie.'.  (P.S.)  This  undated  copy  I  have  col- 
lated with  the  quarto  of  1604,  and  have  placed  the  variations  at  the  bottom  of  the 
page.  E.  M.  In  the  Edition  of  1604  the  play  is  entitled  The  Tragicall  Historic 
of  Hamlet,  &c."  At  back  of  title,  the  title  of  1604  is  copied  with  note  to  Newly 
imprinted  &c.  "These  words  which  I  have  underscored  shew  that  there  was  an 
earlier  edition  than  that  of  1604,  though  it  has  hitherto  been  undiscovered.  It  was 
probably  printed  in  1602.     See  the  Entries  in  the  Stationers  Books."    The  Malone 

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HAMLET 

(presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  tree  calf,  yellow  edges,  with 
"E.  M."  on  covers,  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  II  of  the  collection.  Pressmark, 
Malone,  34.  [23 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7x5  y/'.  Facsimile  title  by  Harris.  The  Redd  (sold,  Sep- 
tember, 1843),  Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Clarke 
and  Bedford.  [24 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %  x  5".  Small  ink  stain  on  Nz  verso  and  Na  recto.  On 
Fa  verso  "The  pangs  of  |  office  and"  has  been  corrected  to  "The  pangs  of  |  dispis'd 
love",  in  an  early  hand.  The  Garrick  (bequeatiied,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  back.     Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  3.  [25 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7y^x5y^".  Small  hole  in  Bs;  soiled.  The  King 
George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  half  calf.  Pressmark, 
C.  12.  h.   14.  [26 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7yiex5fie".  Huth  book-plate.  Probably  Sotheby 
(1868,  No.  400).  The  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1204),  Cochran  (presented, 
December,  1911)  copy.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [27 

FOLGER.  Cropped  top  and  foot,  injuring  some  headlines,  signatures  and  catch- 
words; several  leaves  mended.  Duplicate  leaf  B2  pasted  in  at  end.  The  Halliwell 
Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  62),  Perry  (sold,  March,  1907)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [28 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [29 

FOLGER.  Title  soiled  and  damaged.  The  Harford  (May  6,  1907,  No.  237) 
copy.    Unbound.  [30 

FURNESS.  6  1^16x4%".  Shakespeare's  signature  forged  by  W.  H.  Ireland  on 
title ;  notes  by  W.  Tite  on  fly-leaf ;  Roxburghe  arms  on  verso  title ;  book-plate  of 
H.  H.  Furness.  The  S.  Ireland  (May,  1801,  No.  473),  Roxburghe  (May,  1812, 
No.  3863,  but  see  Huntington  infra),  Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  5469),  Loscombe 
(July,  1854,  No.  1041),  Tite  (July,  1874,  No.  2727)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
morocco,  with  old  calf  sides  having  arms  in  gilt,  set  into  later  binding.  [31 

FURNESS.  7x5^^".  Lacking  title,  A2,  As ;  cropped  at  top,  injuring  several  head- 
lines; Di  mended  in  margin.  Book-plate  of  H.  H.  Furness.  Purchased  prior  to 
1880.    Bound  in  dark  blue  morocco.  [32 

HUNTINGTON.  7  %  x  5".  N4  blank  and  genuine.  Roxburghe  arms  on  verso 
title.  The  Roxburghe  (May,  1812,  No.  3863,  but  see  Furness  supra),  Devonshire 
(sold,  January,  1914)  copy.    Bound  in  orange  morocco.  [33 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7  5/16x5%".  "July,  1834.  From  Wm.  Pickering, 
Chancery  Lane"  on  fly-leaf;  Dramatis  Personnae  in  old  hand  on  verso  title.  The 
Pickering  (sold,  July,  1834),  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incor- 
porated as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy.  Bound  in 
purple  morocco,  by  Clarke.  [34 

PERRY.  7%x5%".  Cropptd  at  top,  injuring  a  fev.'  headlines.  The  Mostvn 
(Sotheby,  May,  1907,  No.  482)  copy.     Unbound.  [35 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  yy^xSYs".  Ni  blank  and  genuine. 
The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  Shake- 
speare plays.     Pressmark,  R.  20.  1.  ["35 

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WHITE.  6^%6x4%".  Cropped  top  and  foot,  injuring  some  headlines,  cutting 
away  some  signatures  and  catchwords  and  injuring  some  last  lines  of  text.  Book- 
plate of  W.  H.  Crawford.  Probably  the  Sothebv  (August  11,  1865,  No.  133)  copy. 
The  Crawford  (March,  1891,  No.  2884),  Quaritch  (sold,  April,  1897)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [37 


HAMLET,   1637. 

The  I  Tragedy  |  of  Hamlet  |  Prince  of  |  Denmark.  |  Newly  imprinted 
and  inlarged,  according  to  the  true  |  amd  perfect  Copy  last  Printed.  |  By 
William  Shakespeare.  |  [Smethwicke's  device]  |  London,  |  Printed  by 
R.  Young  for  John  Smethwicke,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  |  Shop  In  Saint 
Dunstans  Church-yard  in  Fleet-street,  |  under  the  Diall.     1637. 

Fifth  edition.    A-N*;   total,  52  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %6  x  3  ^^s"- 
Catchwords:     A2,  Fran.;  Bi,  From;  Ci,  This;  Di,   Such;  Ei,  Or;  Fi,  Polo.;  Gi, 
Ham.;  Hi,  Ham.;  li,  Ger.;  Ki,  Enter;  Li,  King;  Mi,  roare?;  Ni,  leave. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7x5  %".  Two  wormholes  in  imprint,  one  ending  at  Bi,  the  other 
at  C4 ;  Di-D2  outer  top  corner  cut  oiif.  Early  manuscript  corrections  on  Cs  verso, 
C4  recto  and  verso,  D2  recto,  Da  verso,  etc.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy. 
Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  II.     Pressmark,  Malone,  33.  [38 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  1  Yi^xSYiq".  Bs  mended  in  lower  outer  corner,  some 
letters  lacking;  Bi  and  Ci  mended  in  lower  corners.  The  Barton  (sold,  May, 
1873)  copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco,  some  edges  uncut,  by  Clarke  and  Bedford.     [39 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7%gx5y2"-  Lower  corner  of  title  mended;  flaws  in 
margins  of  several  leaves;  Di  and  Ma,  lower  corner  made  up;  in  some  cases  the 
natural  unevenness  of  the  edges  has  been  patched  by  the  binder.  The  Garrick 
(bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  back. 
Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  5.  [40 

CAMBRIDGE  UNIVERSITY.  7x4  %".  Title  backed  and  defective,  lacking  all 
of  imprint.  "E.  C.[apell]"  and  scribblings  on  title;  "J.  W.  Bruce"  on  fly-leaf; 
"Saml.  Sandars  M.A.  Trinity  College  Cambridge,  1885";  Manuscript  list  of 
characters  for  Henry  IV  on  last  page.  The  Capell,  C.  D.  Gardner  (June,  1880, 
No.  1422),  Sandars  (bequeathed,  1894)  copy.  Bound  in  russia.  Pressmark,  SSS. 
32.  23.  [41 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [42 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  6  %  x5".  "C.P.  A.  Dyce"  on  fly-leaf;  "This  copy  was 
once  the  property  of  that  valuable  injured  Editor,  Lewis  Theobald.  See  the  collation 
and  Remarks  in  his  handwriting,  passim.  J.  Boaden."  on  fly-leaf;  Titles  of  1605 
and  1611  editions  transcribed  by  Theobald  on  each  side  of  Smethwicke's  device; 
notes  mostly  on  margin,  few  on  interleaves.  The  Theobald  (sold,  October,  1744), 
Boaden  (c.  1839),  Dyce  (bequeathed,  1869)  copy.  Interleaved  and  bound  in  half 
morocco.  [43 

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DYCE  COLLECTION.  1  Vi^y-'iViG".  Lower  corner  torn  off  Bs,  Is;  upper 
corner  torn  off  C2,  K2,  Ka;  small  piece  from  top  of  Ei,  Ha,  Mi;  lower  margin  torn 
off  E4.  "C.P.  A.  Dyce".  The  Dyce  (bequeathed,  1869)  copy.  Bound  in  calf, 
lower  edges  untrimmed.  [44 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  7x5  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  headlines  on  G2  and 
Ns;  corner  of  Gi  mended.  "1659"  and  scribbles  below  a  cut  off  name  on  title;  outer 
margins  extended  on  title;  "Liber  Johannis  Brewer.  1659"  on  H4  verso;  "C.P. 
A.  Dyce."  The  Dyce  (bequeathed,  1869)  copy.  Bound  in  calf,  with  Othello, 
1630.  [45 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  61%gx5".  Title  in  facsimile;  A2  slightly 
mended;  cropped  at  top  throughout.  The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco  by  Bedford.  [46 

ETON  COLLEGE.  7  i/g  x  5  i/g".  D2  torn  in  headline.  "5649"  on  title.  The 
Storer  (bequeathed,  1799)  copy.     Bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  IV.  [47 

FOLGER.  7x5".  Title  mended  and  stained;  "Matthew  Wighaloger  his  Booke" 
on  title;  A2  mended.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to 
W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  the  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold,  December,  1907) 
copy.    Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [48 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [49 

FOLGER.  The  Kalbfleisch  (sold,  c.  1900)  copy.  Bound  in  dark  green  levant 
morocco,  uncut,  by  David.  [50 

FOLGER.     A2  in  facsimile.    Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.  (sold  December,  1899)  copy.       [51 

FOLGER.  Title  and  part  of  N*  in  facsimile.  The  Ellis  (sold,  1899)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [52 

HUNTINGTON.  7^46x5%".  Leaves  stabbed  and  mended  on  inner  margins 
throughout.  Church  book-plate.  The  Pope  (sold,  October,  1895),  Church  (sold, 
April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  red  levant  doublures,  by 
Michel.  [53 

HUNTINGTON.  7  1/4x4  i%6".  Small  piece  of  title  cut  out  at  top.  The  Devon- 
shire (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.     Bound  in  orange  morocco.  [54 

KINGSLEY.  7x4%"-  Hoe  bookplate.  The  Hoe  (April,  1912,  No.  2937)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [55 

MORGAN.  7  %6  x5  %".  Title  backed  and  mended;  A2,  A3,  and  Fi,  mended  in 
margins.  J.  P.  Morgan  book-plate.  The  Quaritch  (sold.  May,  1890),  Irwin 
(sold,  March,  1900)  copy.     Bound  in  maroon  levant  morocco,  by  Zaehnsdorf.     [56 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7  %  x5  s/e"-  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855), 
Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy. 
Bound  in  purple  morocco,  many  leaves  uncut  at  bottom,  by  Clarke.  [57 

PERRY.  7%x5%6"-  The  Hodgson  (November  29,  1906,  No.  96)  copy. 
Unbound.  [58 

ROBINSON.  7x4%".  Title  worn  and  soiled;  2  leaves  mended  in  margins. 
"George  Steevens"  and  "W.E. Burton"  on  title.  Woodcut  of  arms  of  Charles  I 
of  England  pasted  on  verso  title.  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1264),  Burton 
(October,  1860,  No.  4659),  Phinney  (bequeathed  to  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Wirt 
Robinson)    copy.     Bound   in  yellow  morocco.  [59 

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TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7%x5i/4".  The  Capell  (presented, 
June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  Shakespeare  plays.  Pressmark, 
R.  21.  1.  [60 

WHITE.  71/4x5  %".  Signatures  C  and  D  transposed  by  binder.  The  Pope  (sold, 
June,  1895),  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.  (sold,  January,  1897)  copy.  Bound  in  tan 
morocco,  some  leaves  uncut  at  foot.  [61 


HAMLET,  1676. 

Four  Line  Imprint. 

The  I  Tragedy  |  of  |  Hamlet  |  Prince  of  Denmark.  |  As  it  is  now  Acted 
at  his  Highness  the  |  Duke  of  York's  Theatre.  |  By  |  William  Shake- 
speare. I  [Ornament]  |  London:  j  Printed  by  Andr.  Clark,  for  J.  Martyn, 
and  H.  Herringman,  |  at  the  Bell  in  St.  Paul's  Church-yard,  and  at  the 
Blue  I  Anchor  in  the  lower  Walk  of  the  New  Exchange,  1676. 

Sixth  or  seventh  edition.  2  leaves  without  signatures ;  B-M* ;  total,  46  leaves.  Type- 
page,  7  %  x  4  i^/ie"- 

Catchwords:  (A2),  The;  Bi,  Mar.  O;  Ci,  I  think;  Di,  Doom'd;  Ei,  Your;  Fi, 
Pol.  My;  Gi,  the;  Hi,  I  will;  li,  Qu.  Mad;  Ki,  Dear;  Li,  the;  Mi,  Court. 

>(cThe  two  editions  of  this  date  are  reset  throughout,  but  with  many  of  the  same 
mistakes;  we  have  not  been  able  to  determine  which  is  the  earlier.  They  can  be 
distinguished  at  once  by  the  title-pages,  one  edition  having  four  lines  of  imprint  while 
the  other  has  five. 

COPIES 

BIRMINGHAM.     8%x6".     Purchased,  1883.     Bound  in  boards,  morocco  back. 

[62 

BODLEIAN.  8%6x6'%6"-  Title  mended  on  inner  margin;  Di  and  Mi  torn  in 
margins;  Blank  corners  of  M4  cut  of?.  "Purchd,  1828"  on  title.  Purchased,  1828. 
Bound  in  half  calf.     Pressmark,  Malone  770.  [63 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  81/16x61/16".  Title  torn  on  inner  margin  and  soiled; 
stabbed  throughout  on  inner  margin.  Purchased,  1846.  Bound  in  half  morocco. 
Pressmark,  1344.  f.  25.  [64 

BRITWELL  LIBRARY.    8  %  x  6  %".    Title  and  last  leaf  soiled.     Unbound.  [65 

FOLGER.  Some  margins  mended;  writing  on  verso  title.  The  McKee  (April, 
1901,  No.  2614)  copy.     Bound  in  dark  blue  morocco,  by  Bradstreet.  [66 

RICHARDSON.     8  %6  x  6  %".     M2  mended  in  corner.     Bound  in  half  morocco. 

[67 

VICKERY.  8%x6i4".  Book-plate  of  M.  D.  Phidson.  Purchased,  1905.  Bound 
in  brown  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [68 

WHITE.    8  7/8x6  %".    Bound  in  brown  cloth  in  1913.  [69 

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HAMLET,  1676. 
Five  Line  Imprint. 

The  J  Tragedy  |  of  |  Hamlet  |  Prince  of  Denmark.  |  As  it  is  now  Acted 
at  his  Highness  the  J  Duke  of  York's  Theatre.  |  By  |  William  Shake- 
speare. I  [Ornament]  |  London:  |  Printed  by  Andr.  Clark,  for  J.  Martyn, 
and  H.  Herring-|man,  at  the  Bell  in  St.  Paul's  Church-Yard,  and  |  at  the 
Blue  Anchor  in  the  lower  Walk  of  |  the  New  Exchange,  1676. 

Seventh  or  sixth  edition.  Collation  and  Catchwords  the  same  as  in  the  four-line 
imprint,  except  (A2)  which  has  no  catchword  here.    Type-page,  7  %x3  %". 

COPIES 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  8  yi6  x6  %".  The  Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound 
in  half  morocco.  [70 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  SYiexey^".  Badly  foxed,  edges  very  tender.  "Thos. 
Jolley,  1807.  Hamlet,  1676"  on  front  fly-leaf;  "Mary  Griflfith"  on  title.  The 
Jolley  (June,  1844,  No.  608)  copy,  purchased,  1845.  Bound  in  half  morocco. 
Pressmark,  1344-f-30.  [71 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  8  1/4x6  fie".  Acquired  prior  to  1800.  Bound 
in  half  calf  with  arms  of  University  on  sides.  [72 

HUNTERIAN  MUSEUM,  GLASGOW.  Size  not  given.  Slightly  cropped  at 
top.    Bound  with  books  by  other  authors.    Pressmark,  Co.  3,  34.  [73 

PERRY.  8  %  X  5  %".  Last  leaf  mended.  "Arthur  Bigge"  on  fly-leaf  and  "Richard 
Beret"  on  "To  the  Reader"  and  last  leaf;  Book-plate  of  J.  Brand.  Probably  the 
Bigge  (March,  1714)  copy.  The  Brand  (May,  1807,  No.  6448)  copy.  Bound  in 
red  levant  morocco,  by  Stikeman.  [74 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN.  8  %  x  6  %6".  Slightly  browned.  Purchased, 
1897.     Bound  in  boards.  [75 


HAMLET,   1676. 
Edition  Uncertain. 

COPIES 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [76 

FOLGER.     The  Halliwell  Rarities   (sold,  January,  1897,  No.   101),  Perry   (sold, 

March,  1907)  copy.     Bound  in  half  brown  morocco.  [77 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [78 

FOLGER.     With   both   titles.     The  Roxburghe    (May,  1812,   No.   3865),   Jonas 

(May,  1903)  copy.  [79 

LINCOLN  COLLEGE,  OXFORD.    81/2x6  %".    Cropped,  title  stained.    Early 

marginalia;  small  heraldic  device  on  first  blank  verso.  Bound  in  brown  leather. 

Pressmark,  Q.  v.  1.  (1).  [80 

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HAMLET,    1683. 


The  I  Tragedy 


of  I  Hamlet  |  Prince  of  Denmark.  |  As  it  is  now  Acted 
at  his  Highness  the  |  Duice  of  York's  Theatre.  |  By  |  William  Shake- 
speare. I  London:  |  Printed  for  H.  Heringman  and  R.  Bentley,  at  the 
Blew  Anchor  in  |  the  New  Exchange,  and  in  Russell-street  in  Covent 
Garden.     1683. 

Eighth  edition.     2  leaves  without  signatures;  B-M*;  total,  46  leaves.     Type-page, 

7%6x4i/8". 
Catchwords:     (A2),  The;  Bi,  Mar.  O;  Ci,  I  think;  Di,  Doom'd;  Ei,  Your;  Fi,  Pol. 

My;  Gi,  the;  Hi,  I  will;  li,  Qu.  Mad;  Ki,  Dear;  Li,  the;  Mi,  Court. 

COPIES 

ABLER.    8  %  X  6  %".    Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [81 

BIRMINGHAM.    8%x6%".    Purchased,  1883.    Bound  In  half  roan.  [82 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  8x5  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  Pur- 
chased, August  16,  1882.     Bound  in  boards,  morocco  back.  [83 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  8  %6  x  6  %".  Title  and  As  mended  on  lower  inner  margin. 
Purchased  October  5,  1857.    Bound  in  half  morocco.    Pressmark,  11762-f-4.       [84 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [85 

FURNESS.  8  %  X  6  %".  Book-plate  of  H.  H.  Furness.  Probably  the  Tite  (May, 
1874,  No.  2729)  copy.    Bound  in  calf,  red  edges.  [86 

KINGSLEY.  8  %  X  6  %6".  With  manuscript  list  of  actors  including  John  Kemble 
and  Mrs.  Siddons  on  page  containing  "Dramatis  Personae".  Bound  in  brown 
morocco,  some  leaves  uncut.  [87 

KINGSLEY.  8%x6%6"-  The  Poor  (April,  1909,  No.  969)  copy.  Bound  in 
half  morocco.  [88 

PERRY.  8  %  x  6  ^s"-  Book-plate  of  Sir  William  Horton.  Bound  in  half  calf, 
with  other  plays.  [89 

WHEATLEY.  8^x6%".  Title  mended  in  upper  margin;  headline  of  E4  cut 
into.  The  Sotheby  (May  25,  1905,  No.  643)  copy.  Bound  in  green  levant  morocco, 
some  leaves  uncut  at  bottom,  by  Riviere.  [90 

WHITE.  8%x6i4".  The  Pickering  (sold,  December,  1898)  copy.  Bound  for 
Mr.  White,  in  half  morocco.  [91 

WRENN,  Estate  of  J.  H.  Syi^xGYiQ".  Book-plate  of  John  Henry  Wrenn. 
Purchased,  March  17,  1907.     Bound  in  calf,  by  Riviere.  [92 


HAMLET,  1695. 
Four  Line  Imprint. 


Hamlet  |  Prince  of  Denmark.    |  As  it  is  now  Acted 
by  their  Majesties  Servants.    |  By  |  William  Shake- 


The  I  Tragedy  |  of 
at  the  Theatre  Royal, 
speare.     |    [Ornament]    j   London:    |    Printed   for   H.   Herringman,   and 

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HAMLET 

R.  Bentley;  and  sold  ]  by  R.  Bentley,  J.  Tonson,  T.  Bennet,  and  F.  San- 
ders.   I  MDCXCV. 

Ninth  edition,  first  or  second  issue.    2  leaves  without  signatures;  B-L*,  M^ ;  total,  43 

leaves.    Type-page,  7  %  x  4  %  ". 
Catchwords:     (Aa),  The;  Bi,  Bar.;  Ci,  Goes;  Di,  Upon;  Ei,  I;  Fi,  Twekes;  Gi, 

Ham.;  Hi,  That;  li,  Capt.;  Ki,  The;  Li,  The;  Mi,  Of. 

*  There  are  two  issues  of  this  year  differing  in  the  title-pages;  one  has  four  lines  in 
imprint,  the  other  has  only  three.  There  are  a  number  of  differences  in  the  text  but 
apparently  these  were  corrections  in  the  press.  We  have  not  been  able  to  determine 
which  title-page  is  the  earlier. 

COPIES 

BIRMINGHAM.  ^yox6%".  d  cropped  at  top,  injuring  headline.  Probably 
the  Daniel  (July,  1864",  No.  1441)  copy.  The  Sotheby  (March  14,  1870,  No.  568) 
copy.     Bound  in  half  calf,  by  Lewis.  [93 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  8  %6  x  6  s/io".  The  Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound 
in  half  calf.  [94 

FURNESS.  8  1/4x6  Kg".  Book-plate  of  H.  H.  Furness.  Purchased  prior  to  1880. 
Bound  in  boards.  [95 

FURNESS.  8  ^2  X  6  14".  Title,  "To  the  Reader",  and  Mi  lacking;  cropped  at  top, 
injuring  few  headlines.  Book-plate  of  H.  H.  Furness.  Purchased  prior  to  1880. 
Bound  in  half  morocco.  [96 

WHITE.  8%x6%".  "J.B.Major"  on  title.  The  Sewell  (January,  1897,  No. 
3445)  copy.     Bound  in  brown  cloth  for  Mr.  White,  February,  1913.  [97 


HAMLET,  1695. 
Three  Line  Imprint. 


The  I  Tragedy  |  of 
at  the  Theatre  Royal, 


Hamlet  |  Prince  of  Denmark.    |  As  it  is  now  Acted 
by  their  Majesties  Servants.    |  By  |  William  Shake- 
speare.   I  [Ornament]  |  London:  |  Printed  for  R.  Bentley,  in  Russel-street 
in  Covent-Garden.    |  MDCXCV. 

sfcThis  differs  from  the  other  issue  of  the  same  year  only  in  the  imprint  and  in  some 
corrections  which  were  apparently  made  while  the  volume  was  in  press. 

COPIES 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  ^%x6Y^f./'.  Title  %"  short  on  lower  margin.  The 
Garrick  (bequeathed  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  half  red  morocco,  Garrick's 
arms  on  back.    Pressmark,  644.  i.  46.  [98 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  8  5/iox5%".  Title  and  A2  lacking.  Foxed,  with  writing 
on  pp.  46  and  55.  Bound  in  half  morocco  with  other  old  plays.  Pressmark, 
841.  d.  39.  [99 

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PERRY.  8^x6  %".  Interleaved  throughout  with  notes.  Book-plate  of  F.  A. 
Marshall;  signed  autograph  letter  of  Furnival  to  Marshall  about  Hamlet  laid  in. 
The  Marshall  (June,  1890,  No.  1173)  copy.     Bound  in  boards.  [100 

WHITE.  8  %  X  6  %".  With  imprint  torn,  lacking  four  words  and  the  date.  Bound 
in  brown  cloth.  [101 

HAMLET,   1695. 
Issue  Uncertain. 

COPIES 
CRICHTON  STUART.  [102 

FOLGER.     The  Warwick  copy.  [103 


HAMLET,  1703. 
"Barnardo"  Edition. 

The  I  Tragedy  |  of  |  Hamlet  |  Prince  of  Denmark.  |  As  it  is  now  Acted 
by  Her  Majesties  ]  Servants.  |  By  |  William  Shakespeare.  |  London.  I 
Printed  for  Rich.  Wellington,  at  the  Dolphin  and  Crown  in  Pauls  Church-] 
Yard,  and  E.  Rumball  in  Covent-Garden.  1703.  [6  lines  of  advertise- 
ments of  books.] 

Tenth  or  eleventh  edition.    2  leaves  without  signatures;  B-L*;  M-;  total,  44  leaves. 

M2  contains  advertisements  of  books.    Type-face,  7  %  x  4  ^Yie". 
Catchwords:     (A2),  The;  Bi,  Bar.];  Ci,  Goes;  Di,  Upon;  Ei,  I;  Fi,  'Twekes;  Gi, 

Ham.;  Hi,  That;  li,  'Capt.;  Ki,  The;  Li,  The;  Mi,  Of. 

^  There  are  two  editions  of  this  year  but  the  title-pages  are  so  much  alike  that  they 
can  only  be  distinguished  by  a  confrontation.  The  text  is  line  for  line  the  same 
but  has  differences  in  capitals,  spelling  and  punctuation.  We  give  the  following 
differences  but  have  not  been  able  to  decide  which  is  earlier. 

Barnardo.  Bornardo. 

Bi,  last  line.  Barnardo.  Bornardo. 

Ci,  line  7  Wittenberg.  IVitenberg. 

Di,  line  25  Rankly  Ranckly 

Ei,  last  line  limbs  limde 

Gi,  line  27.  Trumpets  sound  The  Trumpet  sounds 

Hi,  next  to  last  line.  In  noise  so  rude.  Tongue  In  noise  so  rude. 

Mi,  line  35.  Had  it  th'ability  Had  he  th'  ability.) 

COPIES 
ABLER.    8  1/4x6  ^g"-    Somewhat  stained.    With  M2.    Bound  in  half  calf.      [104 

BIRMINGHAM.     8%x6%".     Purchased  in  1883.     Bound  in  boards,  calf  back. 

[105 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.    8%x6  5/i6"-    The  Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound 
in  half  calf.  [106 

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HAMLET 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  8%cx6%".  "Eliz.  Dolben,  1691"  and  her  book-plate 
inside  front  cover.  Purchased.  Bound  in  old  stamped  calf,  rebacked,  with  other 
old  plays.    Pressmark,  841.  c.  3.  [107 

COCK.  8  %  X  6  %".  Two  leaves  slightly  defective  at  foot.  Purchased  from  a 
second-hand  bookseller  in  Sweden.     Bound  in  half  leather.  [108 

FURNESS.  8  %6  X  6  l^".  Badly  fo.xed.  Purchased  prior  to  1880.  Bound  in  half 
calf.  [109 

FURNESS.  8  y>x6  ^^".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  Book-plate  of 
H.  H.  Furness.     The  Pickering  (sold  prior  to  1880)   copv.     Bound  in  half  calf. 

[110 

MONCKTON.  8  %6  X  6  Ys".  Few  headlines  cut  into,  slightly  stained.  Purchased 
at  sale  of  Mrs.  John  Way,  1869.     Bound  with  others  in  half  calf.  [Ill 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  8  ^4  .x  6  y^".  Title  rebacked  and  mended ;  cropped  at  top, 
injuring  some  headlines.  The  Myers  (presented,  1899)  copy.  Bound  with  other 
plays.  [112 

PICKERING  &  CHATTO.     8  %  x  6  %".     Cropped  at  top.     Bound  in  half  calf. 

[113 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN.  8%x6i4".  Ei  torn  at  bottom.  The 
McMillan  (presented,  1884)  copy.    Bound  in  half  calf.  [114 

WHITE.  8  %  X  6".  "E.  Shaw"  on  title;  note  by  John  Genest  on  verso  title. 
Purchased  in  a  bound  volume  of  plays  from  Pickering,  March,  1898,  and  rebound 
separately  in  half  morocco,   December,   1912.  [115 

WHITE.  8%6x6y2".  The  Sewell  (January,  1897,  No.  3448)  copy.  Bound  in 
half  morocco.  [116 

HAMLET,  1703. 
"BoRNARDo"  Edition. 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  81/8x614".  The  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound 
with  other  Shakespeare  plays.  [117 

KINGSLEY.  8  3/8  x  6  14".  Poor  book-plate.  The  Poor  (February,  1909,  No.  638) 
copy.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [118 

YALE  UNIVERSITY.     8%6x6  5/6".     Purchased,  1912.    Bound  in  calf.       [119 


HAMLET,   1703. 

Edition  Uncertain. 

COPY 
FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [120 


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HENRY  IV.  PART   1 


UNDESCRIBED  EDITION. 

KNOWN  ONLY  FROM  A  FRAGMENT  CONSISTING  OF  SHEET  C,  4  LEAVES. 

FOLGER.  7  14  X  5  Yiq".  Ci-C4,  4  leaves  only.  Note  by  Halliwell:  "The  reason 
of  these  leaves  being  clumsily  mended  and  unskillfuUy  inserted  arises  from  my  con- 
sidering them  to  be  so  precious  that  I  would  not  trust  them  out  of  my  own  hands, 
the  binders  merely  supplying  the  cover.  There  can  be  little  doubt  but  that  they  are 
a  portion  of  the  first  and  hitherto  unknown  edition  of  the  First  Part  of  Henry  4th, 
published  by  Wise  early  in  the  year  1598.  .  .  .  These  leaves  were  found  at  Bristol 
some  years  ago  in  the  binding  of  a  copv  of  Thomas'  Rules  of  the  Italian  Grammar. 
Quarto,  1567.  J.  O.  Halliwell,  May'25th,  1867."  The  Halliwell  Rarities  (sold, 
January,  1897,  No.  19),  Perry  (sold,  March,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
morocco.  [121 

HENRY  IV,  1598. 

The  I  History  of  |  Henrie  the  ]  fourth;  |  With  the  battell  at  Shrews- 
burie,  |  betweene  the  King  and  Lord  |  Henry  Percy,  surnamed  |  Henrie 
Hotspur  of  I  the  North,  j  With  the  humorous  conceits  of  Sir  |  lohn 
Falstalffe.  |  [Short's  device]  |  At  London,  |  Printed  by  P.S.  for  Andrew 
Wise,  dwelling  |  in  Paules  Churchyard,  at  the  signe  of  |  the  Angell.     1598. 

First  described  edition.    A-K"*;  total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %e  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:    A2,  Which;  Bi,  Prin.;  Ci,  O  the;  Di,  Hot;  Ei,  Prin.;  Fi,  And;  Gi, 
Through ;  Hi,  The ;  li.  And ;  Ki,  hot. 

COPIES 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %  x  5  %".  Lacking  all  of  E*  except  a  piece  3  1/2  x  1" 
at  foot  of  lower  inner  margin;  lacking  K4;  corners  of  title  and  many  other  leaves 
made  up.  Inserted  at  end  is  the  following  letter:  "Sir,  In  my  lodgings  at  Hawick 
I  lately  found  this  play.  Observing  it  to  be  the  first  edition,  I  begged  it  of  my 
Landlord,  although  incompleat,  on  your  account.  If  it  should  not  be  of  use  to  you, 
I  shall  still  be  pleased  with  my  intentions ;  But  if  It  is,  I  shall  be  better  pleased ; 
and  most  of  all  if  that  use  be  such  as  may  entertain  or  benefit  the  public;  in  which" 
I  see  you  smilingly  concur  with  me.  I  am  with  the  highest  esteem  Sir,  your  unknown 
but  most  obedient  humble  servant  Humani  Nihil  .  .  .  To  David  Garrick  Esq. 
July,  26,  1757."  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
morocco.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  5*.  [122 

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HUNTINGTON.  6  14  x  4  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  many  headlines.  Note 
by  Sixth  Duke  of  Devonshire:  "Collated  and  Perfect.  D.  1827".  The  Bunbury 
(exchanged,  1823),  Payne  &  Foss  (sold,  1823),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914) 
copy.    Inlaid  and  bound  with  Hamlet,  1603,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  542.  [123 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  %  x  5  %".  Worm-holes  in  Ai-Ba. 
The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  Hamlet,  n.  d. 
Pressmark,  R.  20.  4  [124 


HENRY  IV,  1599. 

The  I  History  of  |  Henrie  the  |  Fourth;  |  With  the  battell  at  Shrews- 
burie,  |  betweene  the  King  and  Lord  Henry  j  Percy,  surnamed  Henry 
Hot-|spur  of  the  North.  |  W^ith  the  humorous  conceits  of  Sir  ]  lohn 
Falstalffe.  |  Newly  corrected  by  W.  Shake-speare.  ]  [Device]  |  At 
London,  |  Printed  by  S.S.  for  Andrew  Wise,  dwelling  |  in  Paules  Church- 
yard, at  the  signe  of  |  the  Angell.     1599. 

Second  edition.    A-K*;  total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  %". 

Catchwords:  Aa,  Which;  Hi,  Prin.;  Ci,  O  the;  Di,  Hot.;  Ei,  Prin.;  Fi,  And;  Gi, 
Through;  Hi,  The;  li.  And;  Ki,  hot. 

COPIES 

BODLEIAN.  6  i%6  x  5".  Malone's  note:  "This  is  the  second  edition  of  this  play, 
which  I  have  collated  with  the  first  printed  in  1598."  The  Malone  (presented, 
1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  tree  calf,  yellow  edges,  with  "E.M."  on  covers, 
with  other  plays  in  Vol.  VII.  of  the  collection.    Pressmark,  Malone,  38.  [125 

BRIDGEWATER  HOUSE.  7  %  x  5  %".  Acquired  prior  to  1649  when  it  was 
catalogued  by  John,  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater.  Bound  in  morocco  with  arms  of 
the  Marquis  of  Stafford  afterwards  the  First  Duke  of  Sutherland,  by  Murton.  [126 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %  x  5".  "Geo.  Steevens"  on  title.  The  Steevens  (May, 
1800,  No.  1265),  King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Bound  in  half  red 
morocco.     Pressmark,  C.  12.  g.  12.  [127 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  %  x  4  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  first  "THE"  of  title, 
headpiece  of  A2,  and  many  headlines;  many  leaves  mended  at  top  or  foot;  title  and 
several  leaves  stained.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  morocco,  Garrick 's  arms  on  sides.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  6.  [128 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [129 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7  %  x  5  %q".  Ii-K4  remargined ;  blank  corners  extended 
and  mended  throughout.  Huth  book-plate.  The  Halliwell  (Sotheby,  May,  1857, 
No.  875),  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1195),  Cochran  (presented,  December, 
1911)  copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco,  some  leaves  uncut,  by  Bedford.  [130 

FOLGER.     The  Roxburghe  (May,  1812,  No.  3832)  copy.  [131 

HUNTERIAN  MUSEUM,  GLASGOW.  Size  not  given.  Bound  with  Henry  IV, 
Part  2,  1600,  and  works  by  other  authors.    Pressmark,  Co.  3.  27.  [132 

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HUNTINGTON.  6%x4%".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines;  some 
corners  damaged,  F3-G4  injured  in  lower  part,  a  few  letters  in  facsimile.  "Collated 
&  Perfect.  J.P.K.  1798"  and  "This  is  the  second  edition  of  this  Play.  Mr.  Malone 
has  collated  this  edition  with  the  first,  printed  in  1598,  and  the  marginal  variations 
found  here,  with  the  date  of  1598,  are  transcribed  from  his  copy  of  the  Quarto  1599, 
which  he  obliged  me  with.  J.P.K.  Jany.  1st.  1804."  The  Kemble  (sold,  1821), 
Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copv.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  Henry  IV,  Part  2, 
1600,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  305.      '  [133 

HUNTINGTON.  6  i^/ie  x  4  i%6".  I2  to  K4  in  facsimile;  upper  portion  of  title 
torn,  injuring  some  letters;  cropped  at  top,  injuring  nearly  all  headlines.  Locker 
and  Church  book-plates.  The  Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  5455)  Halliwell  (Sotheby, 
April,  1864,  No.  671),  Lettsom  (November,  1865,  No.  957),  Tite  (May,  1874, 
No.  2734),  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Tuckett.  [134 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7x5  i/g"-  The  Capell  (presented,  June, 
1779)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays.    Pressmark,  S.  37.  4         [135 


HENRY  IV,  1604. 

The  I  History  of  |  Henrie  the  fourth,  |  With  the  battell  at  Shrewsburie,  | 
betweene  the  King,  and  Lord  |  Henry  Percy,  surnamed  Henry  Hot-|spur 
of  the  North.  |  With  the  humorous  conceits  of  Sir  |  lohn  Falstalffe.  | 
Newly  corrected  by  W.  Shake-|speare.  |  [Ornament]  |  London  |  Printed 
by  Valentine  Simmes,  for  Mathew  Law,  and  |  are  to  be  solde  at  his  shop 
in  Paules  Churchyard,  |  at  the  signe  of  the  Fox.    |  1604. 

Third  edition.    A-K* ;  total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  6  ^g  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:     A2,  Which;  Bi,  Prince;  Ci,  lacking;  Di,  Hot.;  Ei,  Prin.;  Fi,  And; 
Gi,  Through;  Hi,  The;  li,  And;  Ki,  hot. 

COPIES 

BODLEIAN.  7  %6  x4%".  Ci  lacking;  small  bit  of  text  transferred  (perhaps  by 
paste)  from  verso  I2  to  recto  Is.  Scribbling  on  recto  Di.  The  Malone  (presented, 
1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  tree  calf,  yellow  edges,  with  "E.M."  on  covers, 
with  other  plays  in  Vol.  V  of  the  collection.     Pressmark,  Malone,  36.  [136 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  %  x5  %".  Title,  Bi,  D2,  Ds,  Ki-K*, 
lacking;  edges  frayed.  With  "Elisabeth  Copinger"  on  Ei.  The  Capell  (presented, 
June,  1779)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plavs.       Pressmark,  R.  23.  8. 

[137 


HENRY  IV,   1608. 

The  I  History  of  |  Henry  the  fourth,  |  With  the  battell  at  Shrewseburie,  | 
betweene  the  King,  and  Lord  |  Henry  Percy,  surnamed  Henry  |  Hotspur 
of  the  North.  |  With  the  humorous  conceites  of  Sir  |  lohn  Falstalffe.  | 
Newly  corrected  by  W.  Shake-speare.    |   [Ornament]  |  London,  |  Printed 

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for  Mathew  Law,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  |  his  shop  in  Paules  Church-yard, 
neere  vnto  S.  |  Augustines  gate,  at  the  signe  of  |  the  Foxe.     1608. 

Fourth  edition.    A-K*;  total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %6  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:     A2,  Which;  Bi,  Prince;  Ci,  O,;  Di,  Hot.;  Ei,  Prince;  Fi,  And;  Gi, 
Through;  Hi,  The;  li,  And;  Ki,  hote. 

COPIES 

BODLEIAN.  61^6x4%".  "George  Steevens"  and  Roxburghe  arms  on  title; 
Heber  stamp  on  fly-leaf.  Heber's  notes:  "Very  scarce.  There  are  3  preceding  eds. 
1598-1599-1604.  Same  copy  bt.  by  I.  Reid  at  G.  Steevens  sale  for  £1-7-0.  Rox- 
burghe sale,  £2-5-0."  "This  ed.  was  unknown  to  G.  Steevens  when  he  printed 
H.  IV.  among  the  20  plays.  Not  in  Capell's  coUn.  see  his  Cat.  of  Shakespeariana 
p.  218  where  he  refers  for  its  existence  to  Mr.  Bowie's  copy  (the  same  as  present) 
Steevens  hot.  many  of  Bowie's  books  of  White.  See  Steevens  ed.  of  Shakespeare  in 
15  vols.  Vol.  I  p.  442,  note**  where  he  distinctly  states  the  present,  formerly  Mr. 
Bow-le's,  to  be  the  only  copy  known."  The  Bowie  (January  19,  1790),  White, 
Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1266),  Reed,  Roxburghe  (May,  1812,  No.  3833), 
Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  3456)  copy.  Bound  in  half  red  morocco.  Pressmark, 
Malone,  868.  [138 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  %  x  5".  Inner  margin  and  lower  corner  of  title  restored ; 
slip  pasted  on  fly-leaf  with  note  in  Halliwell's  writing:  "This  is  one  of  only  two 
perfect  copies  known.  It  is  not  in  the  Capell  or  in  any  other  collection  except  the 
Bodleian,  which  has  the  single  copy  that  passed  through  the  various  sales  to  Heber's 
time.  So  extremely  rare  is  it  that  I  gladly  gave  Garrett  of  Newcastle  £25  for  an 
imperfect  copy.  The  present  is  in  a  perfect  genuine  state,  not  made  up  in  any  way." 
The  Halliwell  (sold,  November  9,  1858)  copy.  Bound  in  crimson  morocco. 
Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  7.  [139 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [140 

FOLGER.  K4  in  facsimile.  "John  Cooper,  1688",  "Mr.  Thomas  Middleton  Esq. 
of  Silkswoorth"  both  in  old  handwriting.    The  Warwick  copy.  [141 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  4  %".  Cropped  at  foot,  last  figure  of  date  in  imprint 
difficult  to  read.  The  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Bound  in  crimson 
morocco,  by  Birdsall.  [142 

PERRY.  6  1  %6  "  4  %".  Ei,  Es,  E*,  injured  in  lower  corner,  a  few  letters  lacking ; 
cropped  at  top,  injuring  a  few  headlines.  List  of  Dramatis  Personae  in  old  hand 
inserted  between  Ai  and  A2.  Belonged  to  family  of  Carrington,  Missenden  Abbey 
prior  to  1800.  The  Carrington  (Sotheby,  July,  1905,  No.  381)  copy.  Bound  in 
boards.  [143 

WHITE.  7  %6  X  5  %".  Title  backed  and  mended;  A2  mended  on  inner  margin; 
Di  and  K4  extended  on  outer  upper  corner;  H4  extended  on  lower  inner  corner; 
inner  upper  corners  extended  throughout.  The  Perkins  (July,  1889,  No.  1698) 
copy.     Bound  in  red  morocco  with  arms  of  F.  Perkins  in  gilt  on  covers.  [144 


HENRY  IV,  1613. 

The  I  History  of  |  Henrie  the  fourth,  |  With  the  Battel!  at  Shrewseburie, 
betweene  |  the  King,  and  Lord  Henrie  Percy,  sur-|named  Henrie  Hotspur 

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of  the  North.  |  With  the  humorous  conceites  of  Sir  |  lohn  Falstaffe. 
Newly  corrected  by  W.  Shake-spcare.  |  [White's  device]  |  London, 
Printed  by  W.W.  for  Mathew  Law,  and  are  to  be  sold  |  at  his  shop  in 
Paules  Church-yard,  neere  vnto  S.  |  Augustines  Gate,  at  the  signe  of  the 
Foxe.   I  1613. 

Fifth  edition.    A-K*;  total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:     A2,  which;  Bi,  Prince;  Ci,  O, ;  Di,  Hot.;  Ei,  Prince.;  Fi,  And;  Gi, 
Through;  Hi,  The;  li.  And;  Ki,  I. 

COPIES 

BODLEIAN.  7x4  %".  Gs  torn,  affecting  lines  4,  3,  2,  from  foot  of  recto  and  last 
11  lines  of  verso;  print  torn  off  middle  of  last  line  on  Ks  recto.  The  Malone 
(presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  tree  calf,  yellow  edges,  with  "E.M." 
on  covers,  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  I  of  the  collection.     Pressmark,  Malone,  32. 

[145 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6%x4%".  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  signatures  and 
catchwords  on  A2,  As,  Ea.  "George  Steevens"  on  title  and  Roxburghe  arms  on 
verso.  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1267),  Roxburghe  (May,  1812,  No.  3834), 
Halliwell  (sold,  November  9,  1858)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco.  Pressmark, 
C.  34.  k.  9.  [146 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  is/g  x  5  %".  K*  lacking  and  supplied  in  pen  facsimile  on 
2  leaves  of  tracing  paper ;  Ai-C2  very  tender,  some  corners  restored ;  outer  margin 
of  Ea  patched.  An  early  hand  has  added  divisions  into  scenes.  Note  by  Halliwell 
pasted  opposite  title:  "This  copy  wanting  the  last  leaf  (sic)  should  be  preserved 
with  my  other  copy,  which  is  perfect,  on  account  of  the  curious  variations  in  sheet  H. 
which  in  this  one  was  evidently  corrected  after  the  other  was  struck  off.  .  .  ."  The 
Halliwell  (sold,  November  9,  1858)  copy.  Bound  in  blue  straight-grained  morocco. 
Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  8.  [147 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7i/i6x4i%c"-  Ki  mended  in  lower  portion ;  some 
leaves  stained.     "This  copy  belonged  to  the  late  Mr.  Windus,  &  was  purchased  at 

his  sale,  March,  1868  by  Lilly  for .    I  obtained  it,  April  1870  by  exchange  with 

Wm.  Harrison  of  Samlesbury  Hall.  J.  O.  H.[alliwell]".  Huth  book-plate.  The 
Windus  (March,  1868,  No.  908),  Harrison  (exchanged,  April,  1870),  Halliwell, 
Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1196),  Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Hayday.  [148 

FOLGER.  6  %  X  4  %".  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  some  catchwords.  The  Pope 
(sold,  December,  1895),  Hoe  (April,  1911,  No.  2973)  copy.  Bound  in  orange 
levant  morocco,  elaborately  inlaid  and  tooled  sides  and  back;  orange  levant  morocco 
doublure,  silk  fly-leaves,  by  Riviere.  [149 

FOLGER.  Size  not  given.  I4  mended ;  a  few  leaves  stained.  The  Jennens  (collected 
c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe 
(sold,  December,  1907)  copy.     Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [150 

HUNTINGTON.  7x4i5^fi".  Ai  and  K4  remargined;  some  leaves  soiled.  The 
Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.    Bound  in  half  olive  morocco.  [151 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  5  %6"-  I*  extended  in  upper  portion  with  headlines  in 
facsimile.  With  Locker  and  Church  book-plates.  The  Tite  (May,  1874,  No. 
2736),  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [152 

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NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  6  %  x  4  %6"-  Notes  on  verso  title  and  throughout  book, 
probably  by  George  Steevens;  "Geo.  Steevens"  on  title;  "A.  Dyce"  on  fly-leaf. 
The  Steevens,  Dent  (April,  1827,  No.  1035),  Thorpe  (1827-1839),  Loscombe 
(June,  1854,  No.  1043),  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incorporated 
as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
morocco,  by  Hering.  [153 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7^/^x5  %".  Upper  corner  torn  off  Ka, 
and  wormholes.  Collated  throughout  in  Capell's  hand  with  the  edition  of  1608. 
The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  with  other  plays  in  brown  calf. 
Pressmark,  R.  21.  2.  [154 

HENRY  IV,  1622. 

The  I  Historic  |  of  |  Henry  the  Fourth.  |  With  the  Battell  at  Shrewse- 
burie,  betweene  |  the  King,  and  Lord  Henry  Percy,  surnamed  |  Henry 
Hotspur  of  the  North.  |  With  the  humorous  conceits  of  Sir  |  lohn  Fal- 
stafte.  I  Newly  corrected.  |  By  WilHam  Shake-speare.  ]  [Ornament] 
London,  |  TjPrinted  by  T.P.  and  are  to  be  sold  by  Mathew  Law,  dwelling 
in  Pauls  Church-yard,  at  the  Signe  of  the  Foxe,  neere  |  S.  Austines  gate, 
1622. 

Sixth  edition.    A-K* ;  total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:    A2,  Which;  Bi,  Prince;  Ci,  O. ;  Di,  Hot.;  Ei,  Prince.;  Fi,  And;  Gi, 
Through ;  Hi,  The ;  li.  And ;  Ki,  I. 

COPIES 

BODLEIAN.  7ysx5%e".  Heber  stamp  on  fly-leaf.  The  Heber  (June,  1834, 
No.  5458)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco.     Pressmark,  Malone,  869.  [155 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7  ^e  x  5  %"■  The  Halliwell  (May,  1857,  No.  869),  Barton 
(sold,  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [156 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.     6i3/i6x5".     Paper  darkened,  a  little  stained  and  tender; 

title  slightly  cropped  at  top  and  foot.    Pencil  reference  to  English  Theater;  "2107" 

on  verso  title.     The  King  George  III    (presented,   1823)   copy.     Bound  in  half 

morocco.     Pressmark,  C.  12.  g.  21.  [157 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [158 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  7  7/i6  x  5  is/ie".  Stained;  G-K,  foxed;  Fi-F4  much 
cleaned.  "C.P.  A.  Dyce".  The  Dyce  (bequeathed,  1869)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
morocco.  [159 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  6  %  x4  %".  Title  and  K4  in  facsimile;  cropped 
at  top  and  foot,  injuring  some  headlines  and  signature-marks.  The  Halliwell 
(presented,  1872)  copy.     Bound  in  half  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [160 

FOLGER.  Size  not  given.  The  Gott  (sold  through  Sotheran,  1907)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  morocco,  by  Lewis.  [161 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [162 

FOLGER.  Size  not  given.  Date  on  title  in  facsimile.  Probably  the  Utterson 
(April,  1852,  No.  1697),  Tite  (May,  1874,  No.  2737),  Kershaw  (July,  1877, 
No.  1229),  Gaisford  (April,  1890,  No.  1744)  copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco.     [163 

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HUNTINGTON.  7x5  Vie".  Church  book-plate.  The  Griswold  (sold,  August, 
1889),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco.  [164 

PERRY.  6i%6x4i%6"-  I'fle  mended  on  upper  margin,  injuring  top  word; 
several  leaves  mended  in  upper  margin.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere. 

[165 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  JYsxSyn".  Dramatis  Pcrsonae  on 
verso  title  in  old  hand.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in 
brown  calf,  with  other  plays.    Pressmark,  S.  27.  4.  [166 


HENRY  IV,  1632. 

The  I  Historic  |  of  |  Henry  the  Fourth :  ]  With  the  battell  at  Shrewes- 
bury,  be-|tweene  the  King,  and  Lord  Henry  Percy,  |  surnamed  Henry 
Hotspur  of  I  the  North.  |  With  the  humorous  conceits  of  Sir  |  lohn 
Falstaffe.  |  Newly  corrected,  |  By  William  Shake-speare.  |  London,  | 
Printed  by  lohn  Norton,  and  are  to  bee  sold  by  [  William  Sheares,  at  his 
shop  at  the  great  South  doore  |  of  Saint  Pauls-Church;  and  in  Chancery- 
Lane,  I  neere  Serieants-Inne.     1632. 

Seventh  edition.    A-K* ;  total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  ^^e"- 
Catchwords:    A2,  Which;  Bi,  Prince;  Ci,  O,  the;  Di,  Ser.;  Ei,  Prince.;  Fi,  And;  Gi, 
Through ;  Hi,  The ;  li.  And ;  Ki,  I  am. 

*Line  for  line  reprint  of  1622  edition. 

COPIES 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7%x5%".  The  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  morocco,  entirely  uncut,  by  Lewis.  [167 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7x4%".  An  old  "6"  and  modern  "8"  on  title;  list  of 
characters  in  old  hand  on  verso;  scribbles  on  several  leaves.  The  Garrick 
(bequeathed,  Januarv,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  back. 
Pressmark,  C.  34.  k."  10.  [168 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  6yi6x4%".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some 
headlines;  K2-K4  extended  at  fore  edge  and  foot.  The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872) 
copy.     Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [169 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  7  %x4  %".  Acquired  prior  to  1800.  Bound  in 
green  straight-grained  morocco  with  arms  of  University  on  sides.  [170 

FOLGER.  7  14x5".  The  Jennens  (collected  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to 
W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold,  December,  1907)  copy. 
Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [171 

FOLGER.  From  the  library  of  a  German  noble  whose  ancestor  bought  plaj's  in  Eng- 
land 150  years  ago.  The  Sotheby  (July  13,  1909,  No.  323)  copy.  Bound  with 
other  plays.  [172 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [173 

FOLGER.     Portion  of  K4  in  facsimile.  [174 

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TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  YgxS  %".  Capell  book-plate  on  verso 
title.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other 
Shakespeare  plaj'S.     Pressmark,  S.  31.  1.  [175 

WHITE.  7x5".  "Geo.  Steevens,"  on  title;  Signature  and  book-plate  of  John 
F.  Marsh.  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1268),  Marsh  (May,  1882,  No.  2406), 
Libbie  (April  2,  1890,  No.  1018),  Libbie  (April  28,  1891,  No.  858)  copy.  Bound 
in  light  brown  levant  morocco.  [176 


HENRY  IV,  1639. 

The  I  Historic  |  of  |  Henry  the  Fourth :  |  With  the  Battell  at  |  Shrews- 
bury, betweene  the  King,  |  and  Lord  Henry  Percy,  surnamed  |  Henry 
Hotspur  of  the  |  North.  |  With  the  humorous  conceits  of  Sir  |  lohn 
Falstaffe.  |  Newly  corrected,  |  By  |  WiUiam  Shake-speare.  |  London,  | 
Printed  by  John  Norton,  and  are  to  be  sold  by  |  Hugh  Perry,  at  his  shop 
next  to  Ivie-bridge  |  in  the  Strand,  1639. 

Eighth  edition.    A-K*;  total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  ^Yiq". 

Catchwords:     A2,  Which;  Hi,  Prince;  Ci,  O,  the;  Di,  Ser.;  Ei,  Prince.;  Fi,  And; 

Gi,  Through;  Hi,  The;  li.  And;  Ki,  I. 

4=  Line  for  line  reprint  of  1632  edition. 

COPIES 

ALINGTON.  7  YiexSYs".  Title  a  little  stained.  Few  manuscript  notes. 
Previously  belonged  to  the  Booth  family.     Bound  in  boards.  [177 

BODLEIAN.  6  i^/^e  x  4  is/ie".  Cropped  at  top,  cutting  of?  top  of  "THE"  in  title 
and  several  headlines;  two  holes  burnt  in  middle  of  title;  A2  has  corner  cut  off; 
wormhole  runs  through  several  leaves.  Owner's  name  (  ?)  dated  "1720"  obliterated 
from  title.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  other 
plays  in  Vol.  II.     Pressmark,  Malone,  33.  [178 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7  %  x  5  %".  Title  and  last  portion  foxed.  Probably  the 
Burton  (October  8,  1860,  No.  4617)  copv.  The  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy. 
Bound  in  half  calf.  [179 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7x5yi6".  Two  copies  of  title,  the  first  added  with 
pieces  out  and  clumsily  restored,  the  second  lacking  lower  third ;  Ai-A4  inner  margin 
made  up;  Ai-Bi,  Di,  D2  mended  at  top;  D4,  G-i,  Is,  mended  in  corners.  Red  stamp, 
"10  Feb.  1859"  over  yellow  crown  at  end  to  show  some  leaves  purchased  to  complete 
book;  "Richard  Hawkins"  at  end;  "Eliz.  Mary  Croussmaker,  her  book  1746"  on 
second  title.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  sides.     Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  11.  [180 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [181 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  6  i%(.  x4%6".  The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872) 
copy.     Bound  in  brown  straight-grained  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [182 

ETON  COLLEGE.  7  i/g  x  5  %".  I2  mended  in  margin.  The  Storer  (bequeathed, 
1799)  copy.    Bound  in  sprinkled  calf,  with  Romeo,  1637,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  I. 

[183 

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FOLGER.  Several  leaves  slightly  mended.  Book-plate  of  John  Kershaw.  The 
Corser  (February,  1871,  No.  417),  Kershaw  (July,  1877,  No.  1230),  Halliwell 
Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  26),  Perry  (sold,  March,  1907)  copy.  Bound 
in  brown  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [184 

FOLGER.  Halliwell's  note:  "By  far  the  largest  copy  I  ever  saw."  Probably  the 
Halliwell  (Sotheby,  April  12,  1864,  No.  670)  copy.  The  Warwick  copy.  Bound 
in  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [185 

FOLGER.     McKee  copy?  [186 

FURNESS.  7  94ex5%6"-  Lower  margins  torn.  Book-plate  of  H.  H.  Furness. 
The  A.  R.  Smith  (sold,  February,  1874)  copy.  Bound  in  half  leather,  with  arms 
on  covers,  many  leaves  uncut  at  bottom.  [187 

FURNESS.  6i54ex4iyi6".  Title,  li,  Ki-K*,  lacking;  cropped  at  top,  injuring 
some  headlines;  stained.  Book-plate  of  H.  H.  Furness.  Purchased  prior  to  1880. 
Bound  in  cloth.  [188 

GUILDHALL  LIBRARY,  LONDON.  7x4  Yg".  A*  mended  in  lower  margin; 
Gs  lower  margin  frayed.  Acquired  prior  to  1859.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  by 
Hayday.  [189 

HUNTINGTON.  7  %  x  5  Me"-  Upper  corner  of  K2  mended,  stained  and  dirty. 
With  stamp,  "Bibliotheca  Heberiana,  5459".  The  Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  5459), 
Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.     Bound  in  half  red  morocco.  [190 

HUNTINGTON.  7  s/ie  x  5  %".  Church  book-plate.  The  Griswold  (sold, 
August,  1889),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco. 

[191 

MORGAN.  7x5  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  two  headlines.  Morgan  book- 
plate. The  Lettsom  (November,  1865,  No.  956),  Tite  (May,  1874,  No.  2738), 
Asay  (sold,  December,  1881),  Irwin  (sold,  March,  1900)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
levant  morocco.  [192 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  6  ^%e  x  5".  Ci  mended  in  blank  margins.  The  H. 
Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New 
York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy.    Bound  in  green  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [193 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  1^x5%".  Stained.  The  Capell 
(presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  Spenser's  Complaints, 
etc.     Pressmark,  S  29.  4.  [194 

WHITE.  ^^YiqxS  Yiq".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  The  Sewell 
(January,  1897,  No.  3434)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  levant  morocco,  by  Hammond. 

[195 


HENRY  IV,   1700. 

K.  Henry  IV.  |  With  the  |  Humours  |  of  |  Sir  John  Falstaff.  |  A  |  Tragi- 
comedy. I  As  it  is  Acted  at  the  |  Theatre  in  Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields  | 
by  J  His  Majesty's  Servants.  |  Revived,  with  Alterations.  |  Written 
Originally  by  Mr.  Shakespear.  |  London,  |  Printed  for  R.W.  and  Sold 
by  John  Deeve  at  Bernards-Inn-Gate  |  in  Holborn,  1700. 

Ninth  edition.    Title,  1  leaf;  B-G*;  H^;  total,  28  leaves.    Type-page,  7  %6  x  4  %". 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 

Catchwords:  Bi,  Such;  Ci,  Enter;  Di,  [Exeunt.  |  Scene;  Ei,  Prin.;  Fi,  Which; 
Gi,  [Exeunt  omnes.  \  Scene;  Hi,  Making. 

^tcThis  edition  was  abridged  but  not  altered  by  Thomas  Betterton. 

COPIES 
ABLER.    8%x6%".     Spotted.     Bound  in  boards.  [196 

BIRMINGHAM.  8  %6  x  5  %".  Title  mended  on  outer  blank  margin ;  Hs  mended. 
Some  notes  on  margins;  book-plates  of  Frederick  Perkins  and  F.  A.  Marshall.  The 
Perkins  (July,  1889,  No.  1712),  Marshall  (July,  1890,  No.  1177)  copy.  Bound 
in  half  calf.  [197 

BODLEIAN.  8%6x6  ^e"-  Title  torn;  cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines; 
H2  and  Hs  torn  on  inner  margins.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Bound 
with  other  old  plays  in  calf.     Pressmark,  Malone  73.  [198 

BODLEIAN.  81/^x6".  Few  headlines  cut  into.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821 ) 
copy.     Bound  with  other  old  plays  in  calf.     Pressmark,  Malone  111.  [199 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  8  3.^ex6%".  Probably  the  Jolley  (June,  1844,  No.  594) 
copy.    The  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco.  [200 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  8  %  x  6".  Worn  on  all  edges.  The  King  George  III 
(presented,  1823)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco.    Pressmark,  163.  h.  69.  [201 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  8  ^0  x6  i^".  Title  mended  in  several  places;  cropped  top 
and  foot,  injuring  some  headlines,  signatures  and  catchwords.  The  Garrick 
(bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  half  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on 
back.    Pressmark,  644.  f.  51.  [202 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  ^Vi^Tf-dViQ".  Purchased.  Bound  with  Hamlet,  1703, 
and  other  old  plays.    Pressmark,  841.  c.  3.  [203 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [204 

HARVARD  UNIVERSITY.  81/^x6  %".  Title  lacking;  Hs  torn  in  lower  outer 
corner,  injuring  a  few  letters.  The  Drew  (presented,  February,  1903)  copy.  Bound 
in  cloth.  [205 

HUNTINGTON.  8  %  x  6  %"•  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  one  headline.  The 
Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Bound  with  other 
plays  in  Vol.  140.  [205* 

MORGAN.  8%x6%".  Morgan  book-plate.  The  Irwin  (sold,  March,  1900) 
copy.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Pratt  for  Mr.  Irwin.  [206 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  8  %  x  6  y.".  "Tho.  Corbin"  on  top  of  title.  The  Myers 
(presented,  1899)  copy.     Bound  with  other  plays.  [207 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN.  8  i%6  x6  %".  The  Sotheby  (June  27,  1906, 
No.  439)   copy.     Bound  in  half  morocco,  by  Holland.  [208 

WHEATLEY.     8%6x6%".     The  Pickering   (sold  c.   1905)    copy.     Unbound. 

[209 

WRENN,  Estate  of  J.  H.  8  n/ie  x  6  %".  Book-plate  of  J.  H.  Wrenn.  Purchased, 
April  7,  1905.    Bound  in  polished  calf,  by  Riviere.  [210 

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HENRY  IV.  PART  2 


HENRY  IV,  PART  2,  1600. 
Sheet  E,  4  Leaves. 

The  I  Second  part  of  Henrie  |  the  fourth,  continuing  to  his  death  |  and 
coronation  of  Henrie  |  the  fift.  |  With  the  humours  of  sir  lohn  Fal-|staffe, 
and  swaggering  |  Pistoll.  |  As  it  hath  been  sundrie  times  pubhkely  J  acted 
by  the  right  honourable,  the  Lord  |  Chamberlaine  his  seruants.  |  Written 
by  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Ornament]  |  London  |  Printed  by  V.S.  for 
Andrew  Wise,  and  |  William  Aspley.    |  1600. 

First    edition,    first    issue.      A-K*;    L^;    total,    42    leaves.      La    blank.      Type-page, 

6  %  X  3  W- 
Catchwords:    A2,  I;  Bi,  lohn;  Ci,  Hostesse.;  Di,  eate ;  Ei,  Boy.;  Fi,  and;  Gi,  Mow.; 

Hi,  and;  li,  I;  Ki,  Into;  Li,  First. 

COPIES 

BODLEIAN.  6  %  x4  %".  Bi-B4,  Li,  lacking;  cropped  at  top,  cutting  off  top  of 
"THE"  in  title  and  headlines  in  sheet  A;  piece  torn  from  blank  margin  of  title  and 
from  Ci-C4,  injuring  from  7  to  17  lines  of  text.  On  A2  recto,  "Goe  to  the  Emmot  O 
thou  slugard  and  learne  of  hir".  Malone's  note  facing  title:  "In  this  copy  signature 
E  has  only  the  ordinary  quantity  of  leaves,  namely  four.  The  publisher  finding  he 
had  omitted  somewhat,  cancelled  the  two  latter  (viz.  Es  &  E4)  reprinted  them  in 
a  different  manner  and  added  a  fifth  in  order  to  get  in  the  omitted  lines.  This  is 
the  only  difference  between  the  copies.  See  the  other  copy  with  the  additional  leaf 
in  Vol.  V.  In  a  copy  of  the  play  which  belonged  to  Samuel  Tysen  Esqr.  and  was 
sold  with  his  collection  in  Dec.  1801  is  written  in  the  titlepage,  in  the  handwriting 
of  Shakespeare's  times,  '11  December  1610.  price  v  d.' "  The  Malone  (presented, 
1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  tree  calf,  yellow  edges,  with  "E.M."  on  covers, 
with  other  plays  in  Vol.  IV.    Pressmark,  Malone  35.  [211 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  %  x  4  is/o".  Sheet  E,  4  leaves,  only.  Halliwell's  note: 
"There  is  only  one  early  edition  of  this  play  but  some  copies  have  an  enlarged 
sheet  E,  with  an  additional  scene,  consisting  of  six  leaves.  The  fact  clearly  is  that,  as 
originally  published,  sheet  E  contained  only  four  leaves.  The  error  was  found  out, 
&  in  copies  issued  afterwards  the  sheet  was  altered.  There  are  two  copies  in  the 
Museum,  but  both  have  the  enlarged  sheet.  The  present  genuine  copy  of  the  original 
sheet  is  taken  from  a  duplicate  in  my  collection."  The  Halliwell  (sold,  November 
9,  1858)  copy.     Bound  in  red  morocco.     Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  13.  [212 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 

HUNTERIAN  MUSEUM,  GLASGOW.  Bound  with  Henry  IV,  Pt.  1,  1599, 
and  works  by  other  authors.    Pressmark,  Co.  3.  27.  [213 

HUNTINGTON.  6  i3/i6x4  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  "THE"  on  title  and 
some  headlines.  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.P.K.  1798."  The  Kemble  (sold,  1821 ), 
Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  Henry  IV,  1599, 
and  other  plays  in  Vol.  305.  [214 

HUNTINGTON.  6i%6x4%".  Lower  corner  of  E4  is  extended  with  ends  of 
15  lines  in  facsimile;  upper  margins  of  A2,  As,  Ei-E*  are  extended,  headlines  in 
facsimile.  Note  by  Halliwell  on  front  fly,  dated  1866;  few  stage  directions  in  old 
hand;  book-plates  of  Locker  and  Church.  The  Heber  (December,  1834,  No.  2019), 
Halliwell  (sold,  c.  1866),  Tite  (May,  1874,  No.  2735),  Locker  (sold,  January, 
1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copv.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford. 

[215 

PERRY.  6i%6x4%".  Title  lacking;  cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines. 
"William  Penn"  (the  Admiral)  on  D2.  The  Penn  (owned  c.  1670),  Carrington 
family  (owned  prior  to  1800),  George  Carrington  (Sotheby,  July,  1905,  No.  382) 
copy.     Bound  in  boards.  [216 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7x4  %".  Title  a  little  torn  at  foot. 
The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays. 
Pressmark,  S.  35.  3.  [217 


HENRY  IV,  PART  2,  1600. 
Sheet  E,  6  Leaves. 

First  edition,  second  issue.    Title  same  as  first  issue. 
Collation :    A-D* ;  E« ;  F-K* ;  L^ ;  total,  44  leaves. 
Catchwords  same  as  first  issue. 

:^  When  the  first  issue  was  finished  the  printer  discovered  that  he  had  omitted  some- 
thing in  Act  3,  he  therefore  canceled  E3  and  E4  and  reprinted  them  adding  E5  and  Ea 
to  contain  the  omitted  matter. 

COPIES 

BODLEIAN.  7  %6  x4%".  Bs,  C3,  Ds,  stained;  small  tear  in  K4.  The  Malone 
(presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  Henry  IV,  1604,  and  other  plays 
in  Vol.  V.     Pressmark,  Malone  36.  [218 

BRIDGEWATER  HOUSE.  7y^x5  %".  Acquired  prior  to  1649  when  it  was 
catalogued  by  John,  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater.  Bound  in  green  morocco  with 
arms  of  the  Marquis  of  Stafford,  by  Murton.  [219 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  ?4  x  4  %".  With  two  stubs  left  from  the  cancelled  leaves 
in  sheet  E.  "George  Steevens"  on  title.  Pencil  reference  to  "English  Theatre."  The 
Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1269  or  1270),  King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy. 
Bound  in  half  morocco.     Pressmark,  C.  12.  g.  20.  [220 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  Vie  x  4  ^Yie".  Inner  margin  of  title  strengthened  a  little; 
wide  lower  margins,  some  headlines  slightly  cropped.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed, 
January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  with  Garrick's  arms  on  sides.  Press- 
mark, C.  34.  k.  12.  .  [221 

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HENRY  IV 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  6  %  x  5".  Title  mended ;  A2,  As,  Ei-Eo  extended  on 
outer  margin;  Li,  L2  mended  on  inner  margin;  cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  head- 
lines; L2  blank  and  genuine.  Huth  book-plate.  The  Halliwell  (May,  1857, 
No.  872),  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1197),  Cochran  (presented,  December, 
1911)  copy.     Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [222 

HUNTINGTON.  6  34x4  5/^0."-  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  Note 
by  Duke  of  Devonshire:  "This  copy  differs  from  Kemble's  Vol.  305,  having  the 
scene  between  the  king  &  Council  Sheet  Es,  4,  6.  Collated  &  Perfect.  D.  1827". 
The  Bunbury  (exchanged,  1823),  Payne  &  Foss  (sold,  1823),  Devonshire  (sold, 
January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  Hamlet,  1603  and  other  plays  in 
Vol.  542.  [223 

HUNTINGTON.  6i%ex4%".  Leaves  stabbed  on  inner  margin  throughout 
book.  Church  book-plate.  The  Locker  (Sotheby,  April,  1904,  No.  1182),  Church 
(sold,  April,  1911)  copy.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [224 

WHITE.  7x5  Yg".  With  lines  18  and  20  on  verso  F4  not  in  the  other  White  copy. 
With  notes  by  Heber  and  his  stamp  on  fly-leaf.  The  Heber  (June,  1834,  No. 
5460),  Perkins  (July,  1889,  No.  1694)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  arms  of 
F.  Perkins  in  gilt  on  covers.  [225 

WHITE.  6  ^^  x  4  Yie".  A2,  A3,  Ei-Eo,  and  Li  in  facsimile ;  cropped  at  top,  injuring 
some  headlines.  Probably  the  Sotheby  (August,  1821),  Heber  (June,  1834,  No. 
5460*),  Rodd  (1837,  No.  4158)  copy.  The  Crawford  (March,  1891,  No.  2888) 
copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [226 


HENRY  IV,  PART  2,  1600. 
Issue  Uncertain. 

COPY. 

CRICHTON    STUART.     Probably    Steevens    (May,    1800,    No.    1269),    Bute 
(bequeathed)  copy.  [227 


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HENRY  V. 


HENRY  V,  1600. 

The  I  Cronicle  |  History  of  Henry  the  fift,  |  With  his  battell  fought  at 
Agin  Court  in  |  France.  Togither  with  Auntient  |  Pistoll.  |  As  it  hath 
bene  sundry  times  playd  by  the  Right  honorable  |  the  Lord  Chamberlaine 
his  seruants.  |  [Creede's  device]  |  London  |  Printed  by  Thomas  Creede, 
for  Tho.  MiHing-|ton,  and  lohn  Busby.  And  are  to  be  |  sold  at  his  house 
in  Carter  Lane,  next  |  the  Powle  head.     1600. 

First  edition.  A-G^ ;  total,  28  leaves.  G2  is  wrongly  marked  Gs ;  G4  is  blank.  Type- 
page,  6  Vg  x  3  s/g". 

Catchwords:  A2,  Bish;  Bi,  Niw.  I;  Ci,  Question;  Di,  Will;  Ei,  Which;  Fi,  The; 
Gi,  And. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  6i'yi6x4ys".  Stained.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  In- 
laid and  bound  with  Henry  IV,  1613,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  I.  Pressmark, 
Malone,  32.  [228 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7%6x4%".  Wide  lower  margins  but  some  a  little 
mended;  title-page  backed.  The  King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Bound 
in  crimson  morocco.     Pressmark,  C.  12.  g.  22.  [229 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7i/i6x5%".  Stabbed  throughout  on  inner  margins. 
"15.  7.  6.  Sale  by  Sotheby,  1821"  in  Heber's  hand  and  Heber's  stamp  on  front 
fly-leaf;  G4  genuine  but  partly  lacking;  Huth  book-plate.  The  Heber  (June, 
1834,  No.  5461),  Daniel  (July,  1864,  No.  1431),  Huth  (November,  1911,  No. 
1208),  Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy.     Bound  in  vellum.  [230 

HUNTINGTON.  7  x  5".  With  names  of  "J.  ffleming.  1695",  "Gower,  1704"  and 
"George  Steevens,"  and  scribbling  on  several  leaves;  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K. 
1804"  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1271),  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire 
(sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  Lear,  1608,  and  other  plays  in 
Vol.  375.  [231 

HUNTINGTON.  7x5%".  B4-G3  in  facsimile;  Bi-Bs  have  some  words  in 
facsimile.  Locker  and  Church  book-plates.  The  Tite  (May,  1874,  No.  2739), 
Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [232 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  6  1/2x4  3/4".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring 
title-page  and  most  headlines.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound 
in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays.     Pressmark,  W.  5.  5.  [233 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 

HENRY  V,  1602. 

The  I  Chronicle  |  History  of  Henry  the  fift,  |  With  his  battell  fought  at 
Agin  Court  |  in  France.  Together  with  Auntient  |  Pistoll.  |  As  it  hath 
bene  sundry  times  playd  by  the  Right  honorable  |  the  Lord  Chamberlaine 
his  seruants.  |  [Creede's  device]  [London  |  Printed  by  Thomas  Creede, 
for  Thomas  |  Pauier,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  in  Cornhill,  |  at  the 
signe  of  the  Cat  and  Parrets  neare  |  the  Exchange.     1602. 

Second  edition.    A-F*;  G^;  total,  26  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  4  %". 
Catchwords:    A2,  Bish.;  Bi,  At;  Ci,  Exe.;  Di,  Or;  Ei,  No;  Fi,  Flew;  Gi,  Come. 

COPIES. 

HUNTINGTON.  6^x4%".  "Collated  &  Perfect.  D.  1827".  The  Bunbury 
(exchanged,  1823),  Payne  &  Foss  (sold,  1823),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914) 
copy.    Inlaid  and  bound  with  Hamlet,  1603,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  542.  [234 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7x4%".  Collated  throughout  by  Ca- 
pell  with  editions  of  1600  and  1608.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy. 
Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  Shakespeare  plays.    Pressmark,  S.  35.  2.  [235 


HENRY  V,  1608  [1619]. 

The  I  Chronicle  History  |  of  Henry  the  fift,  with  his  |  battell  fought  at 
Agin  Court  in  |  France.  Together  with  an-|cient  Pistoll.  |  As  it  hath  bene 
sundry  times  playd  by  the  Right  Honou-|rable  the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his  | 
Seruants.  |  [Heb  Ddieu  device]  |  Printed  for  T.  P.  1608.  [Thomas 
Pavier,  16 19] 

Third  edition.    A-G*;   total,  28  leaves.    Type-page,  6  ^^^6  x  3  ^e".    G4  blank. 
Catchwords:     A2,  Bysh.;  Bi,  Nim.;  Ci,  Question;  Di,  At;  Ei,  Thinke;  Fi,  Enter; 
Gi,  Har. 

COPIES. 

BIRMINGHAM.  7x5  Vie".  With  manuscript  notes  by  J.  O.  Halliwell.  The 
George  Smith  (July,  1867,  No.  2578),  Halliwell  (presented,  April,  1867)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [236 

BODLEIAN.     6  %  X  5  %".    Large  piece  torn  off  Gi,  23  lines  of  text  lacking ;  small 
piece  of  paper  transferred   from  Di  recto  to  C4  verso;  Es  and   E4  torn  in  blank 
margins ;  badly  stained.     Note  in  old  hand  on  F4 :    "Cleopatra  and  marks  antomie". 
The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.    Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  I.' 
Pressmark,  Malone,  32.  [237 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7  5/16x5%".  Gi  extended  on  margin.  The  Rodd  (sold, 
1842),  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copv.     Bound  in  blue  straight-grained  morocco. 

[238 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %e  x  5  %".  Some  rust  holes  in  Sheet  B.  The  Garrick 
(bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  sides. 
Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  14.  [239 

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HENRY  V 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7x4i%6"-  Title  strengthened  near  inner  margin. 
Scribbles  on  title.  The  King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Rebound  in 
brown  morocco,  1905.    Pressmark,  C.  12.  g.  33.  [240 

BRITWELL  LIBRARY.  7%x5  y^".  F-  mended  in  blank  margin.  Fountaine 
Walker  book-plate.  The  Jadis  (March,  1828,  No.  165),  Corser  (February,  1871, 
No.  404),  Kinnear,  Walker  (May,  1893,  No.  447)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco 
with  Kinnear  arms  on  covers,  red  morocco  doublure  and  silk  fly-leaves,  by  Lewis. 

[241 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [242 

DODD.  7  YxQ  X  5  %".  Gi  blank  and  genuine.  Lower  corner  of  title  mended  with 
date  in  facsimile ;  upper  corner  of  Gi  mended  with  parts  of  22  words  on  verso  in 
facsimile.  The  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905)  copy.  Bound  in  tan  straight-grained 
morocco.  [243 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  7yi6x5y8"-  Title  very  brown.  The  Dyce  (be- 
queathed, 1869)  copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco  extra,  by  Murton.  [244 

EARLE.  6i3/iox4i3/i6"-  The  Thomas  (sold,  1909),  Rosenbach  (sold,  June, 
1910)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [245 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  6  %  x  5  %".  Di  mended  in  lower  margin;  title 
brown  from  exposure.  "E.  C."[apell]  on  title.  The  Capell,  Halliwell  (presented, 
1872)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  morocco.  [246 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7  ViaxSy.".  G*  blank  and  genuine.  Title  extended 
in  outer  blank  margin.  Huth  book-plate.  The  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1209), 
Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by 
Bedford.  [247 

ETON  COLLEGE.  7  %x5  %6"-  "J-  Payne"  on  title;  Di  torn.  The  Payne  (c. 
1787),  Storer  (bequeathed,  1799)  copy.    Bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  IV.     [248 

rOLGER.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon, 
ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold,  December,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  half 
blue  morocco.  [249 

FOLGER.  Size  not  given.  The  Gott  (sold  through  Sotheran,  1907)  copy.  Bound 
in  half  red  morocco,  by  Lewis.  [250 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [251 

FOLGER.    The  Griswold  (probably  sold,  August,  1889)  copy.  [252 

FOLGER.  Hole  in  one  leaf.  The  Foster  (June,  1894,  No.  27),  Jonas  (sold.  May, 
1903)  copy.    Bound  in  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [253 

FURNESS.  7  14x5  5/^6".  Note  on  verso  title  signed  "E.  C."[apell]  and  his 
manuscript  corrections  in  red  ink  throughout  the  book.  Book-plate  of  H.  H. 
Furness.  The  Capell,  Halliwell  (Sotheby,  May,  1856,  No.  336),  Kinsman  (sold, 
July,  1872)  copy.  Bound  in  green  levant  morocco,  gilt  tooling,  blue  silk  doublures 
and  fly-leaves.  [254 

FURNESS.  6  %  X  4  Ys".  Ca,  Da,  Gi-G4  lacking.  Title  mended  and  backed.  Pre- 
sentation inscription  from  J.  O.  Halliwell  to  H.  H.  Furness.  The  Halliwell  (pre- 
sented, January,  1871 )  copy.    Bound  in  old  half  calf.  [255 

HUNTINGTON.  7  Vg  x  5  s/ig"-  G4  blank  and  genuine.  Church  book-plate.  The 
Church  (sold,  January,  1911)  copy.    Bound  in  dark  green  morocco.  [256 

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HUNTINGTON.  6%x4iyi6".  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1798".  The 
Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound 
with  other  plays  in  Vol.  305.  [257 

JOHN  CARTER  BROWN  LIBRARY.  7^6x5".  Acquired  prior  to  1871. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  De  Coverly.  [258 

MORGAN.  7%6x5i4".  Ga  mended.  Morgan  book-plate.  The  Asay  (sold, 
December,  1881),  Irwin  (sold,  March,  1900)  copy.  Bound  in  old  rose  levant 
morocco,  somewhat  faded,  by  Bedford.  [259 

MURRAY.  7  %  X  5  Yie".  Book-plate  of  John  Murray,  Newstead,  Wimbledon 
Park.    Acquired  prior  to  1892.     Bound  in  calf.  [260 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7  YiqxS  14".  G4  blank  and  genuine.  With  "January 
1835,  from  W.  P.  2"  on  fly-leaf.  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox 
(incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy. 
Bound  in  maroon  morocco.  [261 

PERRY.  7x5  1^".  The  Gwynne,  Count  Goertz-Wrisberg  (sold,  August,  1902), 
Quaritch  (sold,  October,  1902)  copy.  Bound  in  old  calf  with  "Edward  Gwynne" 
in  gilt  on  covers  and  white  label  on  back  "Plays  und  Pamphlets  of  Shakespeare",  the 
volume  contains  six  genuine  and  three  spurious  plays.  [262 

TERRY.  6  %  X  4  y/'.  Roxburghe  arms  on  verso  title.  The  Roxburghe  (May, 
1812,  No.  3839),  Pope  (sold,  June,  1895),  Hoe  (April,  1911,  No.  2970),  G.  D. 
Smith  (sold,  March,  1915)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  levant  morocco,  dark  green 
doublure,  elaborate  gilt  tooling  and  edges,  by  Michel.  [263 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  1/2  x  5  %".  G4  blank  and  genuine. 
The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays. 
Pressmark,  Q.  12.  2.  [264 

WHITE.  6^%ex4%".  Di  mended  in  lower  inner  margin;  some  headlines  cut 
into.  Note  on  fly:  "Bought  of  Messrs  Boone  for  £10.  Transferred  to  Mr.  Cosens 
at  cost  price  March,  1864."  The  Cosens  (November,  1890,  No.  4062),  Quaritch 
(sold,  December,  1890)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [265 


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JULIUS  CAESAR. 


JULIUS  CAESAR,  1684. 

Julius  Caesar.  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  As  it  is  Now  Acted,  |  At  The  |  Theatre 
Royal.  I  Written  |  By  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Ornament]  !  London,  | 
Printed  by  H.  H.  Jun.  for  Hen.  Heringman  and  R.  Bentley  in  |  Russel-street 
in  Covent-Garden,  and  sold  by  Joseph  Knight  and  |  Francis  Saunders  at  the 
Blew  Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  the  j  New  Exchange  in  the  Strand. 
1684. 

First  edition.    Title,  1  leaf;  B-W ;  P;   total,  31  leaves.    Type-page,  8x4%". 

Catchwords:  Bi,  Surgeon;  Ci,  Thy;  Di,  And;  Ei,  My;  Fi,  Cry;  GI,  To;  Hi, 
Cassi, 

COPIES. 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  Sy^xG  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  The 
Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco.  [266 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  8  s/^g  x  6  y^".  Last  leaf  cropped  at  top,  injuring  headline. 
Purchased,  1856.    Bound  in  brown  morocco.    Pressmark,  11763.  e.  21.  [267 

BRITWELL  LIBRARY.  8  %6  x  6  %"•  Title  and  Bi  torn  in  lower  inner  corner. 
"Catherine  Clapcott"  on  tide.     Unbound.  [268 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  8  5/i6x6".  I2  verso  stained;  cropped  at  top, 
injuring  two  or  three  headlines.  The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy.  Bound 
in  half  morocco.  [269 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [270 

PERRY.  Sy^xGyie".  Book-plate  of  Sir  William  Horton,  Chaderton.  Bound 
in  old  half  calf,  with  other  plays.  [271 

WHEATLEY.  8i%6x6'^(;".  Title  mended  on  inner  margin;  H2  injured  in 
headline.  Purchased  from  Pickering  &  Chatto.  Bound  in  green  levant  morocco, 
by  Riviere.  [272 

WHITE.  8  %  x6  %".  Title  and  Bi  mended  in  margins.  The  Bangs  (November 
10,  1898,  No.  402)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco.  [273 

WRENN,  Estate  of  J.  H.  8  %  x  6  i^".  Purchased  prior  to  May  25,  1903.  Bound 
in  polished  calf,  by  Riviere.  [274 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 
JULIUS  CAESAR,  n.  d. 

There  were  four  undated  editions  of  this  play  issued  between  the  first  edition,  1684, 
and  the  sixth,  i6gi.  They  differ  so  slightly  that  errors  in  pagination  are  here  given  as 
well  as  the  usual  collation,  to  enable  an  owner  to  determine  which  edition  he  has.  The 
four  editions  are  all  reset  throughout  and  confrontation  shows  many  differences  not  easy 
to  describe.     The  editions  were  probably  issued  in  the  order  here  assigned  to  them. 

Julius  Caesar.  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  As  it  is  Now  Acted  |  At  The  |  Theatre 
Royal.  I  Written  By  |  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Ornament]  |  London,  \ 
Printed  by  H.  H.  Jun.  for  Hen  Herringman  and  R.  Bentley  in  |  Russel- 
street,  in  Covent  Garden,  and  sold  by  Joseph  Knight  and  |  Francis  Saunders 
at  the  Blew  Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  the  |  New-Exchange  in  the 
Strand. 

Second  edition.    Collation :  A-H^ ;   total,  32  leaves.    Type-page,  8  %  x  6  ^4"' 
Catchwords:     A2,  Gobi.  Nay;  Bi,  Sleek-;  Ci,  Brut;  Di,  Caes:  What;  Ei,  He;  Fi, 

Then  ;   Gi,  Bru.;   Hi,  Cass. 
Pagination:    1,  4-18,  91,  20-27,  18,  29,  20,  31-40,  33-48,  57,  50,  51,  60,  61,  54,  55,  64. 

COPIES. 

ADLER.  8x5  ^Yis"-  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  a  few  headlines;  stained.  Bound  in 
half  morocco.  [275 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  8  %  x  6".  Badly  foxed  ;  title  mended,  injuring  one  letter 
of  imprint ;  A4  extended  on  inner  margin ;  H4  extended  on  lower  outer  corner,  a  few 
words  injured.  Purchased.  Bound  in  half  calf,  with  Macbeth,  1687.  Pressmark, 
642.6.18(1).  [276 

BRITWELL  LIBRARY.     8%6x6  5/ic".    Unbound.  [277 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  8%6x6  3/i6".  Foxed.  "1-6"  on  title.  The 
Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco.  [278 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  8%6x6  5/i6"-  Huth  book-plate.  The  Huth  (Novem- 
ber, 1911,  No.  1206),  Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
levant  morocco,  some  edges  uncut  at  bottom,  by  Bedford.  [279 

VICKERY.  8  iyi6x6  ys"-  The  Sotheby  (May  25,  1905,  No.  634)  copy.  Bound 
in  green  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [280 

WHEATLEY  8yi6x6  5/i6".  Foxed.  Purchased  from  Pickering  &  Chatto. 
Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [281 


JULIUS  CAESAR,  n.  d. 

Julius  Caesar.  |  A  I  Tragedy.  |  As  it  is  now  Acted  |  At  The  |  Theatre 
Royal.  I  Written  By  ]  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Ornament]  |  London.  | 
Printed  by  H.  H.  Jun.  for  Hen.  Herringman,  and  R.  Bentley  in  |  Russel- 
street  in  Covent-Garden,  and  sold  by  Joseph  Knight  and  |  Francis  Saunders 
at  the  Blew-Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  the  |  Nuw-Exchange  in  the 
Strand. 

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JULIUS  CAESAR 

Third  edition.     A-H*;    total,  32  leaves.     Page  numbers  46  and  47   are  exchanged. 

Type-page,  7  %  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:    Aa,  Cobl.Nay;  Bi,  Sleek-;  Ci,  Brutus;  Di,  Culp.;  Ei,  He;  Fi,  Then; 

Gi,  Bru-;   Hi,  Cassi. 

COPIES. 

HUNTINGTON.  SYiQxeyiQ".  Church  book-plate.  The  Sotheby  (March  16, 
1903,  No.  1265),  Dodd,  Mead  k  Co.  (sold,  June,  1904),  Church  (sold,  January, 
1911)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [282 

SCHIFF.  8%x6%g".  Title  extended  at  top.  The  Brooks  (sold,  November, 
1913),  Hellman  (sold,  December,  1913)  copy.    Bound  in  panelled  calf,  by  Ramage. 

[283 

WHITE.  8  %  X  6  %6"-  The  Jarvis  (sold,  March,  1892)  copy.  Bound  in  boards, 
morocco  back.  [284 

YALE  UNIVERSITY.    8  Va  x6  Vg".     Bound  with  other  old  plays.  [285 


JULIUS  CAESAR,  n.  d. 

Julius  Caesar:  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  As  it  is  now  Acted  |  At  The  |  Theatre 
Royal.  I  Written  By  |  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Ornament]  |  London,  | 
Printed  by  H.  H.  Jun.  for  Hen.  Herringman,  and  R.  Bentley  in  |  Russel- 
street  in  Covent-Garden,  and  sold  by  Joseph  Knight  and  |  Francis  Saunders 
at  the  Blew-Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  the  |  New-Exchange  in  the 
Strand. 

Fourth  edition.  A-H*;  total,  32  leaves.  Page  15  is  wrongly  numbered  51.  Type- 
page,  7  is/ie  x  3  %". 

Catchwords:  A2,  CoW.Nay;  Bi,  Sleek-;  Ci,  Brutus;  Di,  CaL;  Ei,  He;  Fi,  Then; 
Gi,  Bru.;  Hi,  Cassi. 

COPIES. 

ADLER.  8%x6i/i".  C2-Di  lacking;  title  torn,  a  few  letters  injured ;  H4  badly 
mended,  many  words  injured;  some  leaves  extended  and  mended.  Purchased  from 
Pickering.     Bound  in  half  calf.  [286 

BIRMINGHAM.  8  14  x  6  i^".  A  few  headlines  cut  into.  Purchased,  1881. 
Bound  in  red  morocco.  [287 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  8  yT^Qx6%Q".  Sheet  A  foxed;  two  leaves  cropped  at  top, 
injuring  headlines.  "Eliza  Hulme,  1813"  on  title.  The  Hulme  (c.  1813),  Barton 
(sold.  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  half  calf.  [288 

KINGSLEY.  8  YsixS  %".  Headlines  cropped ;  the  first  few  leaves  have  some 
words  corrected  and  directions  written  in.  Purchased,  London,  1912.  Bound  in 
red  morocco,  by  Bradstreet.  [289 

LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS.  9x7".  Much  worn  and  foxed,  mended  and 
covered  with  crepeline,  each  leaf  mounted;  writing  on  title.  Purchased,  1877. 
Bound  in  half  morocco.  [290 

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NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  S'^yi6x6%e"-  Title  and  several  leaves  mended  in 
upper  blank  margins ;  A2,  As,  Hi,  H4,  mended  in  upper  portions,  a  few  letters 
lacking.  The  Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public, 
May,  1895)  copy.    Bound  in  olive  green  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [291 

WALLACE.  8%x6%".  Washed,  a  few  margins  mended.  The  Allis  (March 
25,  1912,  No.  736)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Pratt.  [292 

WHEATLEY.     811/16x6%".    Ci  trimmed.    Unbound.  [293 

WHITE.  8  34x6  3/1  rt".  "John  Genest,  Dec.  12,  1815"  on  title  and  his  notes  in 
book.  The  Genest  (1815),  Pickering  (sold  in  volume  with  other  Shakespeare  plays, 
March  26,  1898)  copy.  Rebound  for  Mr.  White,  February,  1913,  in  half  morocco, 
by  Walters.  [294 

WRENN,  Estate  of  J.  H.  6%6x8%".  Presented  by  Edmund  Gosse.  Bound 
in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [295 

JULIUS  CAESAR,  n.  d. 

Julius  Caesar:  |  A  |  Tragedy,  |  As  it  is  now  Acted  |  At  The  |  Theatre- 
Royal.  I  Written  By  |  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Ornament]  |  London:  j 
Printed  by  H.  H.  Jun'  for  Hen.  Herringman  and  R.  Bentley  In  |  Russel 
street  in  Covent-garden,  and  sold  by  Joseph  Knight  and  |  Francis  Saunders, 
at  the  Blue  Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  |  the  New-Exchange  in  the 
Strand. 

Fifth  edition.    A-G^ ;   H^ ;  total,  30  leaves.    Page  3,  line  3  "Enter  Murellus".    Type- 
page,  7  i^Ae  x  4  y4". 
Catchwords:     A2,  What;  Bi,  Bru.;  Ci,    [Aside,   \   Cass.;  Di,  And;  Ei,  And;   Fi, 
ACT;  Gi,  And;  Hi,  I  shall. 

COPIES. 

BIRMINGHAM.     8  %  x  6  %".    Purchased,  1892.    Bound  in  boards.  [296 

FOLGER.  Manuscript  notes  in  old  handwriting.  The  Herman  (Sotheby,  January 
23,  1885),  Halliwell  Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  118),  Perry  (sold,  March, 
1907)  copy.    Bound  in  mottled  calf,  by  Riviere.  [297 

WHITE.  8%x6y2"-  Title  slightly  mended.  The  Pickering  (sold,  September, 
1892)  copy.     Bound  in  calf.  [298 

JULIUS  CAESAR. 

BELONGING  TO  ONE   OF  THE   UNDATED   EDITIONS. 

COPIES. 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [299 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [300 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [301 

FOLGER.  [302 

FOLGER.  [303 

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Julius  Caesar.    |  A 
Royal.    I  Written  by 


JULIUS  CAESAR 

JULIUS  CAESAR,  1691. 

Tragedy.    |  As  it  is  now  Acted  |  At  The  |  Theatre 
William  Shakespeare.    |   [Ornament]   |  London,   | 

Printed  for  Henry  Herringman,  and  Richard  Bentley  |  at  the  Post-House, 

in  Russel-street,  Covent-|Garden,  1691. 

Sixth  edition.    A-H*;  total,  32  leaves.    Ai  blank;  title,  A2.    Type-page,  7  %  x4  %". 
Catchwords:     A3,  Sir,;  Bi,  Is;  Ci,  Upon;  Di,  Caius;  Ei,  Cask.;  Fi,  Al;  Gi,  Dash; 
Hi,  Cass. 

COPIES. 

ADLER.  8%x6  3'4"-  A4  lacking;  title  cropped,  injuring  top  line;  some  leaves 
stained ;  wormhole  through  some  margins.  Purchased  from  Voynich.  Boimd 
in  blue  levant  morocco.  [304 

BIRMINGHAM.  8  %  x  6  %".  As  mended  in  upper  corner;  Da  cut  close  at  foot; 
D4  torn  in  upper  corner,  injuring  a  few  letters.  The  Harrison  of  Samlesbury 
(January,  1881,  No.  927)  copy.    Bound  in  boards,  leather  back.  [305 

BODLEIAN.  8  %  X  6  y^".  Ai  blank  and  genuine.  Purchased,  1866.  Bound  in 
half  calf.    Pressmark,  Malone,  962.  [306 

BOSTON  ATHENAEUM.  8  Ya  x  6  \i".  Purchased  prior  to  1870.  Bound  with 
collection  of  old  plays.  [307 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  8  %  x  6  s/g".  The  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound 
in  half  calf.  [308 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  88/16x6%".  Foxed.  Bound  with  Hamlet,  1703,  and 
other  plays.     Pressmark,  841.  c.  3.  [309 

BRITWELL  LIBRARY.     81/0x6%".    Ai  blank  and  genuine.    Unbound.     [310 

BROOKS.     8  %6  X  6  ^jg".    Bound  in  half  brown  morocco.  [311 

FOLGER.  The  Halliwell  Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  105),  Perry  (sold, 
March,  1907)  copy.    Bound  in  half  brown  morocco.  [312 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [313 

FURNESS.  8  1^x6  3/10".  The  Kershaw  (July,  1877,  No.  1240)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [314 

KINGSLEY.  7  i%6  X  5  %".  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  signatures  and  catchwords; 
H4  recto,  lacking  last  line  and  mended.  The  Voynich  (sold,  1908)  copy.  Bound 
in  brown  morocco.  [315 

PERRY.     8%x6%".    With  "J.  W.  Major"  on  fly-leaf.    Unbound.  [316 

PICKERING  &  CHATTO.  8  %  x  6".  Cropped  at  top  and  foot,  injuring  some 
headlines.    The  Sotheby  (May  25,  1905,  No.  633)  copy.    Bound  in  half  calf.  [317 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN.  8x5%".  One  line  of  text  cropped  at  foot. 
The  Halliwell  (Sotheby,  July,  1889,  No.  901)  copv.  Bound  in  half  morocco,  by 
Bedford.  [318 

VALENTINE.  [319 

WHITE.  81/2x6%".  The  Pickering  (sold,  September,  1892)  copy.  Bound  in 
half  calf.  [320 

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KING  LEAR. 


KING  LEAR,  1608. 

M.  William  Shak-speare:  |  His  |  True  Chronicle  Historic  of  the  life 
and  I  death  of  King  Lear  and  his  three  |  Daughters.  |  With  the  vnfortunate 
life  of  Edgar,  sonne  |  and  heire  to  the  Earle  of  Gloster,  and  his  |  sullen 
and  assumed  humor  of  |  Tom  of  Bedlam :  |  As  it  was  played  before  the 
Kings  Maiestie  at  Whitehall  vpon  |  S.  Stephans  night  in  Christmas  Holli- 
dayes.  |  By  his  Maiesties  seruants  playing  vsually  at  the  Gloabe  |  on  the 
Bancke-side.  |  [Okes'  device]  |  London,  |  Printed  for  Nathaniel  Butter, 
and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  in  Pauls  |  Church-yard  at  the  signe  of  the 
Pide  Bull  neere  |  St.  Austins  Gate.     1608. 

First  edition.    Title,  1  leaf;   B-L*;   total,  41  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  ^^". 
Catchwords:     Bi,  Bast.;  Ci,  Glost.;  Di,  sooth;  Ei,  Kent;  Fi,  Effects;  Gi,  Is;  Hi, 
Corn.;  li,  With;  Ki,  your;  Li,  My. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  6  %  X  5  %".  L4  lacking;  slight  tear  at  foot  of  Ei;  L3  verso  soiled. 
The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol. 
IV.    Pressmark,  Malone,  35.  [321 

BODLEIAN.  7x4%q".  Title  lacking.  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines. 
The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol. 
VI.    Pressmark,  Malone,  37.  [322 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6154gx4  3^".  Lower  margins  of  some  leaves  broken; 
F2  has  signature  and  catchv/ord  cropped ;  K2  lower  corner  mended ;  C2  verso,  Ds 
verso,  Fs  recto,  cropped  on  front  margin,  injuring  some  stage  directions.  Printed 
description  by  HalHwell  inserted  on  fly-leaf:  "First  edition.  A  perfect  and  genuine 
copy.  Only  three  perfect  copies  of  this  first  edition  have,  to  my  knowledge,  been 
sold  by  auction  during  the  last  thirty  years,  two  in  Heber's  collection  &  the  present 
one.  Both  of  Heber's  copies  are  now  in  America,  one  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  Lenox, 
the  other  in  that  of  Mr.  Barton.  It  is  almost  the  only  first  edition  not  in  the 
Daniel  collection."  Unfortunately  there  is  no  copy  of  the  Pide  Bull  edition  in  the 
Barton  (now  the  Boston  Public)  Library;  there  is  a  copy  of  the  other  edition  of 
1608  which  Winsor  described  as  Heber,  No.  2016,  but  there  is  a  manuscript  note  in 
the  book  itself  to  the  effect  that  Winsor  was  wrong.  Probably  the  Loscombe  (June, 
1854,  No.  1046)  copy.    Bound  in  purple  morocco.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  18.     [323 

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BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  H  x  5".  Title  lacking  and  supplied  in  facsimile;  rest  of 
copy  soiled  and  occasionally  stained ;  "Thomas  Middleton,  John  Cooper,  Richard 
from  Mary.  John  Cooper,  1688,  1667"  on  verso  L4;  some  manuscript  corrections. 
Halliwell's  note  on  fly-leaf:  "Purchased  of  Garrett  of  Newcastle  for  £20  J.  O.  H. 
This  copy  of  the  first  edition  of  Lear,  wanting  the  title,  should  be  preserved  with  my 
perfect  copy,  on  account  of  its  containing  an  extraordinary  number  of  curious  textual 
variations,  although  both  copies  are  evidently  printed  from  the  same  forms.  ..." 
The  Halliwell  (sold,  November  9,  1858)  copy.  Bound  in  purple  morocco.  Press- 
mark, C.  34.  k.  17.  [324 

FOLGER.  The  Gott  (sold  through  Sotheran,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco, 
by  Lewis.  [325 

FOLGER.  Ci-L2,  a  fragment  only.  Many  leaves  mended  and  several  headlines 
cropped.  The  Halliwell  Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  750),  Perry  (sold, 
March,  1907)  copy.     Bound  in  green  morocco,  by  Tuckett.  [326 

HUNTINGTON.  7  V2  x  5  %".  Stage  directions  on  C2  verso  and  D3  verso  slightly 
cut ;  corner  of  Bi  damaged ;  stabbed  throughout.  "Collated  &  Perfect,  J.  P.  K. 
1804";  "George  Steevens";  "Edw.  Palmer" ;  "There  is  another  copy  of  this  Play 
printed  for  Nathaniel  Butter,  4to,  1608.  Vol.  119".  The  Steevens' (May,  1800, 
No.  1277  or  1278?),  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914) 
copy.    Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  375.  [327 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7  %g  x  5  %r"-  Title  mended;  L4  mended  and  backed; 
manuscript  notes  throughout.  The  Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  5450),  H.  Stevens 
(sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York 
Public,  May,  1895)   copy.     Bound  in  purple  straight-grained  morocco,  by  Clarke. 

[328 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7x4%"-  Notes  by  Capell:  "Collated 
with  another  old  4°  printed  likewise  by  Thomas  Creede,  but  for  Tho.  Millington 
and  John  Busby — anno  1600.  E.  C";  "Added  in  black  the  principal  variations  of 
the  4°  of  1608.  E.  C."  Capell  book-plate  on  verso  title.  The  Capell  (presented, 
June,  1779)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays.    Pressmark,  S.  35.  1. 

[329 

WHITE.  7  %  X  5  %".  With  sheets  C,  E,  F,  G,  corrected  and  D,  H,  K,  un- 
corrected. The  Mostyn  (Sotheby,  May  31,  1907,  No.  481)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
levant  morocco,  by  Club  Bindery,  1908.  [330 


KING  LEAR,  1608  [1619]. 

M.  William  Shake-speare,  |  His  |  True  Chronicle  History  of  the  life  | 
and  death  of  King  Lear,  and  his  |  three  Daughters.  |  With  the  vnfortunate 
life  of  Edgar,  |  sonne  and  heire  to  the  Earle  of  Glocester,  and  |  his  sullen 
and  assumed  humour  of  Tom  |  of  Bedlam.  |  As  it  was  plaid  before  the 
Kings  Maiesty  at  White-Hall,  vp-|pon  S.  Stephens  night,  in  Christmas 
Hollidaies.  |  By  his  Maiesties  Seruants,  playing  vsually  at  the  |  Globe  on 
the  Banck-side.  |  [Heb  Ddieu  device]  |  Printed  for  Nathaniel  Butter.  ] 
1608.     [1619] 

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KING  LEAR 

Second  edition.    A-L*;   total,  44  leaves.    Type-page,  6  ^lo  x  4  %". 

Catchwords:  As,  Bast.;  Bi,  Frnn.;  Ci,  daughter;  Di,  thunders;  Ei,  Thou;  Fi, 
The;   Gi,  A'cn;;    Hi,  OW;   li.  With  ;    Ki,  Cor.;   Li,  Come. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7 '^6x5  y./'-  Pinprickt  pattern  on  title.  The  Malone  (presented, 
1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plavs  in  Vol.  IV.  Pressmark,  Malone, 
35.  [331 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  llUxSy^".  Title  foxed,  wormhole  mended  in  a  few 
leaves.  The  Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  straight-grained 
morocco,  by  Lewis.  [332 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  ly^xSy^".  i;-L4,  wormhole  in  outer  margin;  grease 
stain  throughout.  The  King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Bound  in  half 
morocco.    Pressmark,  C.  12.  g.  27.  [333 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %  x  5  %".  Title  and  Aa  mended  in  outer  margin; 
small  stain  on  E2,  li-Is;  tender  throughout.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January, 
1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  sides.  Pressmark,  C.  34. 
k.  19.  [334 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %  x  5  %".  Title  and  Bi  lacking;  A2,  A3,  remargined, 
sides  and  foot ;  L4  corner  mended.  Manuscript  title  supplied.  Presented.  Bound 
in  red  morocco.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  20.  [335 

CARRINGTON.  Size  not  given.  With  "George  Steevens"  on  title-page.  The 
Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1277),  Carrington  (offered  and  bought  in  at  Sotheby's, 
July  28,  1905,  No.  383)  copy.     Inlaid  and  bound  in  half  morocco.  [336 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  6i%6x5".  F4  in  facsimile.  Title  extended 
on  inner  margin;  A2,  As,  extended  on  lower  and  outer  margin;  A4  extended  on 
upper  corner,  a  few  words  in  facsimile ;  Ci  extended  on  lower  inner  corner,  a  few 
words  in  facsimile;  Fi  mended  in  center,  a  few  letters  lacking;  wormhole  mended  in 
lower  margin  through  most  of  book.  Probably  the  Sotheby  (August  11,  1865,  No. 
144)  copy.  The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  by 
Bedford.  [337 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7  346  x  5  %".  A2  mended  in  lower  margin,  catchword 
lacking;  a  few  leaves  stained.  Huth  book-plate.  Probablv  the  Freeling  ( November, 
1836,  No.  2076),  Thorpe  (sold,  1837,  No.  1861),  Puttick  (April  16,  1849,  No. 
322)  copy.  The  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1198),  Cochran  (presented,  Decem- 
ber, 1911)  copy.    Bound  in  blue  morocco,  by  Lewis.  [338 

ETON  COLLEGE.  7  ^le  x  5  %".  Bs  torn.  The  Storer  (bequeathed,  1799)  copy. 
Bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  III.  [339 

FOLGER.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon, 
ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold,  December,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  half 
blue  morocco.  [340 

FOLGER.  The  Halliwell  Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  39),  Perry  (sold, 
March,  1907)  copy.    Bound  in  blue  morocco,  by  Lewis.  [341 

FOLGER.     The  Warwick  copy.  [342 

FOLGER.    The  Griswold  (probably  sold,  August,  1889)  copy.  [343 

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FURNESS.  6  %  X  5".  Title  mended  and  backed,  five  letters  lacking;  cropped  at 
top,  injuring  some  headlines;  A2  mended  in  lower  margin.  Manuscript  notes  by 
Capell.  The  Capell,  Kinsman  (sold,  July,  1872)  copy.  Bound  in  green  levant 
morocco,  blue  silk  doublures  and  fly-leaves.  [344 

HUNTINGTON.  7x47/8".  Some  headlines  cropped.  Two  Birket  Foster  book- 
plates. The  Daniel  (July,  1864,  No.  1437),  Foster  (June,  1894,  No.  26),  Sotheby 
(December  14,  1906,  No.  393),  Sabin  (sold,  1908),  Halsey  (sold,  December, 
1915)  copy.  Bound  in  green  morocco,  with  "G.  D.[aniel]"  in  gilt  on  front  cover, 
by  Lewis.  [345 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  4  Yie".  Cropped  at  top  and  foot,  injuring  some  headlines 
and  signatures.  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1798."  The  Kemble  (sold,  1821), 
Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in 
Vol.119.  [346 

HUNTINGTON.  7  %6x5  %6"-  Ki-K4  extended  on  outer  margin.  Locker  and 
Church  book-plates.  The  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April, 
1911)  copy.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [347 

MORGAN.  7  ^^6^5  Yxq".  Ives  book-plate;  list  of  Dramatis  Personae  in  manu- 
script on  verso  title.  The  Perkins  (July,  1889,  No.  1700),  Ives  (March,  1891, 
No.  888),  Van  Antwerp  (July,  1907,  No.  198),  Quaritch  (sold,  1907)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  with  Perkins's  arms  on  covers,  by  Lewis.  [348 

MURRAY.  7x5  1/4".  Stain  on  margin  of  H3-I2.  Book-plate  of  John  Murray, 
Newstead,  Wimbledon  Park;  label  of  Tudor  Exhibition,  London,  1889.  Acquired 
prior  to  1889.     Bound  in  brown  levant  morocco,  elaborately  tooled,  by  Hayday. 

[349 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7  %  x  5  %".  C4,  B2,  Bs,  F4,  extended  on  outer  and 
lower  margins;  B4-C3  extended  in  lower  corner.  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December, 
1855),  Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May, 
1895)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [350 

PERRY.  7x5  %".  The  Gwynne,  Goertz-Wrisberg  (sold,  August,  1902),  Quar- 
itch (sold,  October,  1902)  copy.  Bound  in  old  calf,  with  "Edward  Gwynne"  on 
covers,  in  volume  containing  six  genuine  and  three  spurious  plays.  [351 

PICKERING  &  CHATTO.  6%x4yi6".  Six  leaves  in  facsimile;  cropped  on 
fore  edge.  The  Fitzgerald  (June,  1907,  No.  233)  copy.  Bound  in  green  levant 
morocco,  by  Larkins.  [352 

SHAKESPEARE  BIRTHPLACE  LIBRARY.  7  i/sxS  %".  Some  scribbles  on 
title.  The  Hussey  (May,  1906,  No.  380),  Quaritch  (sold,  1906)  copy.  Bound  in 
red  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [353 

TERRY.  6%x5yi6"-  Hoe  book-plate.  The  Pope  (sold,  June,  1895),  Hoe 
(January,  1912,  No.  3035),  G.  D.  Smith  (sold,  March,  1915)  copy.  Bound  in 
brown  levant  morocco,  maroon  doublure  elaborately  tooled,  in  green  morocco  case, 
by  David.  [354 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  1/2x5  %".  Last  leaf  torn.  The 
Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays.  Press- 
mark, Q.  11.  4.  [355 

WHITE,  A.  T.  7  YiexS".  A2  and  As  mended  on  upper  margins;  A4  extended 
on  lower  margin  and  mended ;  Ii-l4  extended  on  outer  margins,  a  few  letters  in 
facsimile.  Book-plate  of  W.  H.  Crawford.  Probably  the  Utterson  (April,  1852, 
No.  1693),  Sotheby  (1856,  No.  259)  copy.  The  Crawford  (March,  1891,  No. 
2892)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [356 

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WHITE,  W.  A.  7x5  %".  Ai-As  extended  in  outer  margin;  K4  mended  in  upper 
portion,  lacking  part  of  one  word  in  headline.  Signature  and  book-plate  of  John  F. 
Marsh.  The  Marsh  (May,  1882,  No.  2409)  copy,  purchased  August,  1887. 
Bound  in  brown  levant  morocco.  [357 

KING  LEAR,  1608. 
Edition  Unknown. 

COPY. 
CRICHTON  STUART.  [358 

KING  LEAR,  1655. 

M.  William  Shake-speare,  |  His  |  True  Chronicle  History  of  the  life  | 
and  death  of  King  Lear,  and  his  |  three  Daughters.  |  With  the  Vnfortunat 
life  of  Edgar,  |  sonne  and  heire  to  the  Earle  of  Glocester,  and  |  his  sullen 
assumed  humour  of  Tom  |  of  Bedlam.  |  As  it  was  plaid  before  the  Kings 
Maiesty  at  Whit-Hall,  vp-|on  S.  Stephens  night,  in  Christmas  Hollldaies 
[jfc].  I  By  his  Maiesties  Servants  playing  vsually  at  the  |  Globe  on  the 
Bank-side.  |  [Ornament]  |  London.  |  Printed  by  Jane  Bell,  and  are  to  be 
sold  at  the  East-end  |  of  Christ-Church.     1655. 

Third  edition.    A-L*;  total,  44  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  ^^e". 
Catchwords:     A2,    [Bast.;  Bi,  Fran.;  Ci,   daughter;  Di,   thunders;  Ei,  Thou;   Fi, 
The;  Gi,  Kent;  Hi,  Old;  li.  With;  Ki,  Cor.;  Li,  Come. 

COPIES. 

BIRMINGHAM.  6y^x5".  Purchased,  March,  1884.  Bound  in  red  levant 
morocco,  by  Hammond.  [359 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  lYixSy^".  Title  and  several  margins  mended.  Jolley 
book-plate.  The  Jolley  (June,  1844,  No.  610),  Halliwell  (Sotheby,  May,  1857, 
No.  873),  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound  in  half  brown  morocco,  uncut 
at  bottom,  two  leaves  misplaced  by  binder.  [360 

BRIDGEWATER  HOUSE.  yfiG^^Vie"-  Two  headlines  cropped.  Bound  in 
half  calf.  [361 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7^x5  s/ir".  Title  mended,  some  writing  on  title.  On 
A2,  "Frances  Wolfreston  her  book."  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  April  1,  1857)  copy. 
Rebound  in  brown  morocco,  1897.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  54.  [362 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [383 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  lYgxSYjQ".  Title  tender  and  mended; 
cropped  at  top,  injuring  a  few  headlines;  uncut  at  foot.  The  Halliwell  (presented, 
1872)  copy.    Bound  In  light  brown  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [364 

ETON  COLLEGE.  7  YiqxS  Yg".  Title  torn;  cropped  at  top,  injuring  some 
headlines;  L2  torn  in  lower  outer  corner,  injuring  signature  mark;  some  leaves 
heavily  Inked.  The  Storer  (bequeathed,  1799)  copy.  Bound  with  other  plays  in 
Vol.  III.  [365 

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FOLGER.  Probably  the  C.  D.  Gardner  (June,  1880,  No.  1425)  copy.  The  Halli- 
well  Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  193),  Perry  (sold,  March,  1907)  copy. 
Bound  in  calf,  panelled  sides.  [366 

FOLGER.     Title  and  Li  in  facsimile.  [367 

FURNESS.  7  Yie  x  5".  Title  in  facsimile.  Note  by  Halliwell  on  fly-leaf.  The 
Tite  (May,  1874,  No.  2746),  Kershaw  (July,  1877,  No.  1231)  copy.  Bound  in 
red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [368 

HUNTINGTON.  7%x5%6"-  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines;  leaves 
stabbed  on  inner  margins  throughout.  Church  book-plate.  The  Simes  (July, 
1886,  No.  1535),  Griswold  (sold,  August,  1889),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy. 
Bound  in  purple  morocco.  [369 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7x5  %"•  Title  mended  in  margin.  The  H.  Stevens 
(sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New^  York 
Public,  May,  1895)  copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [370 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  ^g  x  5  Vg".  Stained.  The  Capell 
(presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plaj'S.  Pressmark, 
S.  21.4.  [371 

WHITE.  75/16x51/0".  The  Quaritch  (sold,  September,  1892)  copy.  Bound  in 
brown  levant  morocco,  gilt  border,  by  Hayday.  [372 


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LOVE'S  LABORS  LOST. 


LOVE'S  LABORS  LOST,  1598. 

A  I  Pleasant  |  Conceited  Comedle  |  Called,  |  Loues  labors  lost.  |  As  it 
was  presented  before  her  Highnes  |  this  last  Christmas.  |  Newly  corrected 
and  augmented  |  By  W.  Shakespere  |  [Ornament]  |  Imprinted  at  London 
by  W.  W.  I  for  Cutbert  Burby.   |  1598. 

First  edition.    A-I* ;  K- ;   total,  38  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  Y". 
Catchwords:     A2,  To;  Bi,  Ber.;  Ci,  Prin.;  Di,  a  man;  Ei,  Enter;  Fi,  The;  Gi, 
Dull;  Hi,  Queene;  li,  Bero.;  Ki,  To. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7  %6x5  Me"-  Title  mended,  small  hole  in  the  margin  of  Ci;  Ki 
and  K2  stained.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  tree 
calf,  yellow  edges,  with  "E.  M."  on  covers,  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  Ill  of  the 
collection.    Pressmark,  Malone,  34.  [373 

BRIDGEWATER  HOUSE.  7  i/sx4%".  Acquired  prior  to  1649,  when  it  was 
catalogued  by  John,  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater.  Bound  in  green  morocco,  with 
arms  of  Marquis  of  Stafford,  by  Murton.  [374 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  lyie  x  5  S/^g".  Wormholes  in  upper  and  lower  margins 
through  nearly  the  entire  book.  Bibliotheca  Heberiana  stamp.  The  Bindley  ( Feb- 
ruary, 1819,  No.  2041),  Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  5448),  Daniel  (July,  1864,  No. 
1428)  copy.  Purchased,  August,  1864.  Bound  in  marbled  paper  covers,  in  green 
morocco  case.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  1.  14.  [375 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  6  i%6  x  4  y^".  Cropped  at  top.  "No.  4"  in  old 
hand  on  title.  The  Drummond  (presented,  1627)  copy.  Bound  in  green  morocco, 
arms  of  Edinburgh  University  on  covers.  [376 

FOLGER.  A2-A4  in  facsimile.  The  Sotheby  (August  11,  1865,  No.  136),  Halli- 
well  Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  21),  Perry  (sold,  March,  1907)  copy. 
Bound  in  blue  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [377 

FOLGER.  The  Gott  (sold  through  Sotheran,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco, 
by  Lewis.  [378 

HUNTINGTON.  7  14  x  5  %".  Church  book-plate.  The  Locker  (sold,  January, 
1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  morocco,  Kinnear 
arms  on  sides.  [379 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 

HUNTINGTON.  6  ^Yiq  x  4  He"-  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  some  signatures  and 
catchwords.  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1804".  The  Kemble  (sold,  1821), 
Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in 
Vol.  375.  [380 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  x  5  i/g"-  The  Capell  (presented, 
June,  1779)  copy.     Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays.     Pressmark,  S.  37.  3. 

[381 

WHITE.  7x4%".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines;  K2  mended  in  upper 
outer  corner,  some  letters  lacking.  The  Perkins  (July,  1889,  No.  1690)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  morocco,  Perkins's  arms  in  gilt  on  covers.  [382 


LOVE'S  LABORS  LOST,  1631. 

Loues  Labours  lost.  |  A  VVittie  and  |  Pleasant  |  Comedie,  |  As  it  was 
Acted  by  his  Maiesties  Seruants  at  |  the  Blacke-Friers  and  the  Globe.  I 
Written  |  By  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Smethwicke's  device]  |  London,  j 
Printed  by  W.  S.  for  lohn  Smethwicke,  and  are  to  be  |  sold  at  his  Shop  in 
Saint  Dunstones  Church-|yard  vnder  the  Diall.    |   163 1. 

Second  edition.    A-P;   K^;   total,  38  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:      As,   Longaiull;   Bi,   apprehended;   Ci,   Nau.;   Di,   Enter;   Ei,   Nath.; 
Fi,  As;   Gi,  Ped.;  Hi,  Qu.;   li,  Qu.;   Ki,  Enter. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7  14  X  5  Yi^".  F3  verso,  "Actus  Quartus"  corrected  to  "Quintus"  in 
old  hand.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plavs 
in  Vol.  II.    Pressmark,  Malone,  33.  [383 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7x5%".  Title  extended  at  foot  and  sides;  C4,  D2  re- 
margined ;  K2  rebacked ;  Ki  mended  on  outer  margin.  Note  by  Halliwell  on  fly- 
leaf:  "My  duplicate  copy,  sold  in  May,  1856,  fetched  £9".  The  Halliwell  (Sotheby, 
May,  1857,  No.  879),  Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  maroon  morocco. 

[384 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7i/sx5  3/i6".  Title  soiled.  The  King  George  III  (pre- 
sented, 1823)  copy.     Inlaid  and  bound  in  half  morocco.     Pressmark,  C.  12.  L.  11. 

[385 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6i%6x4%".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  many  headlines. 
The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  green  straight-grained 
morocco,  with  Garrick's  arms  on  sides,  by  Tuckett  for  the  Museum.  Pressmark, 
C.  34.  k.  21.  [386 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [387 

DODD.  7  x  5".  Title  slightly  mended  in  margin ;  C2  mended  at  foot,  six  words  of 
last  line  in  facsimile;  K2  mended  in  margin.  Book-plates  of  Francis  Redhead 
Yorke  Cheney  and  R.  Hoe.  The  Cheney,  Hoe  (April,  1911,  No.  2976)  copy. 
Bound  in  green  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [388 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  7%6x5%".  Title  very  brown.  "C.P.  A.  Dyce". 
The  Dyce  (bequeathed,  1869)  copy.    Bound  in  calf.  [389 

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LOVE'S  LABORS  LOST 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  7i/sx4%".  Ai-A4,  Ki,  K2  badly  stained. 
Book-plate  of  William  Hnjgate.  Probably  the  Rhodes  (1825,  No.  2085)  copy. 
The  Holgate  (June,  1846),  Windus  (March,  1868,  No.  911),  Halliwell  (pre- 
sented, 1872)  copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Hayday.  [390 

ETON  COLLEGE.  7  yg  x  5  %".  "5653"  on  title;  note  probably  by  Storer  on 
verso  title;  K2  backed  and  some  catchwords  cropped.  The  Storer  (bequeathed, 
1799)  copy.  Bound  with  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  1600,  and  other  plays,  in 
Vol.  II.  [391 

FOLGER.  The  Halliwell  (May,  1856,  No.  333),  Tite  (May,  1874,  No.  2749), 
Kershaw  (July,  1877,  No.  1232),  Quaritch  (sold,  March,  1879),  Halliwell 
Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  33),  Perry  (sold,  March,  1907)  copy.  Bound 
in  half  green  morocco.  [392 

FOLGER.  Fragment  only,  lacking  A2-C4,  G4,  Hi,  H2,  I4-K2.  The  Sotheby  (April 
18,  1904,  No.  771)  copy.  [393 

FOLGER.  Title  and  last  leaf  defective,  some  headlines  cropped.  The  [Kean] 
Sotheby  (June  23,  1898,  No.  137),  Jonas  (sold.  May,  1903)  copy.  Bound  in 
morocco,  by  Riviere.  [394 

FOLGER.    The  Pickering  (sold,  1903)  copy.  [395 

HUNTINGTON.  7  Vis  x  5  %".  Stabbed  throughout  on  inner  margin.  Church 
book-plate.  The  Griswold  (sold,  August,  1889),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  with  Griswold's  arms  on  front  cover,  by  Bedford. 

[396 

MORGAN.  7  Vie  x  4  %".  The  Quaritch  (sold,  June,  1890),  Irwin  (sold,  March, 
1900)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Zaehnsdorf.  [397 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7  YiexSy^".  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855), 
Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [398 

PICKERING  &  CHATTO.  7  %6  x  5  s/ie"-  Title  mended  in  margins;  extended 
and  mended  on  upper  margins,  some  letters  of  headlines  in  facsimile.  The  Sotheby 
(July,  1903,  No.  492)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [399 

PRIVATE  OWNER,  NO.  1.  615/46x4%"-  Date  cut  off  imprint.  Bound  in 
leather,  c.  1680,  when  it  came  into  the  possession  of  the  family  of  the  present  owner. 

[400 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7ygx5%".  The  Capell  (presented, 
June,  1779)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays.    Pressmark,  S.  31.  5. 

[401 

WHITE.  7  x  5".  Title  and  K2  backed  and  extended  ;  cropped  at  top,  injuring  some 
headlines;  Ki  extended  on  outer  and  inner  margins.  The  C.  D.  Gardner  (June, 
1880,  No.  1426),  Sewall  (January,  1897,  No.  3432)  copy.  Bound  in  old  rose 
levant  morocco.  [402 

WHITE.  6^^16x4%".  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  a  few  signatures.  Book-plate 
of  James  Forbes.  The  Cosens  (November,  1890,  No.  4067),  Daly  (March,  1900, 
No.  2992)  copy.    Bound  in  sprinkled  calf.  [403 


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MACBETH. 


MACBETH,  1673. 

Macbeth:  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  Acted  |  At  the  |  Dukes-Theatre.  |  [Orna- 
ment] I  London,  |  Printed  for  William  Cademan  at  the  Popes-|Head  in 
the  New  Exchange,  in  the  |  Strand.     1673. 

First  edition.    2  leaves  without  signatures;    B-P;    K^;    total,  36  leaves.    Type-page, 

7  Vs  X  4  1/2". 
Catchwords:      (A2),  Macbeth,;  Bi,   'Gainst;  Ci,  And;  Di,  Macb.This;  Ei,  Ross; 

Fi,  But;  Gi,  Some-;  Hi,  Than;  li,  Ang.;  Ki,  Enter. 

COPIES. 

BIRMINGHAM.  7  %  x  5  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  Pur- 
chased, 1880.    Bound  in  boards.  [404 

BODLEIAN.  8  %  X  6  %".  Title  and  list  of  Persons  Names,  backed.  Purchased, 
1878.    Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.    Pressmark,  Malone,  1010.  [405 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  8  14  x  5  ^A".  Title  torn  in  margins;  Da  stained  with  red 
ink;  K2  mended  in  lower  margin.  Purchased,  1846.  Bound  in  half  morocco. 
Pressmark,  1344.  f.  32.  [406 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  8  14  x  6  %".  Corner  last  leaf  mended.  "1-6"  at  top  of 
title;  "pr.  Shakespear"  after  "London"  on  title.  The  Dyce  (presented,  1869)  copy. 
Bound  in  half  mottled  calf,  red  label.  [407 

FOLGER.  The  Sotheby  (July  18,  1900,  No.  1071)  copy.  Bound  with  other  plays 
in  old  calf,  uncut.  [408 

FURNESS.  8  %(jx6  %o"-  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  some  signatures.  Purchased 
prior  to  1880.    Bound  in  boards,  leather  back.  [409 

WHITE.  8  1/2x6%".  K2  mended  in  margin.  The  [Jonas]  Sotheby  (March  15, 
1911,  No.  526)  copy.    Bound  in  sprinkled  calf.  [410 


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MERCHANT  OF  VENICE. 


MERCHANT  OF  VENICE,  1600. 

The  most  excellent  |  Historic  of  the  Merchant  |  of  Venice.  |  With  the 
extreame  crueltie  of  Shylocke  the  lewe  |  towards  the  sayd  Merchant,  in 
cutting  a  iust  pound  |  of  his  flesh:  and  the  obtayning  of  Portia  |  by  the 
choyse  of  three  |  chests.  |  As  it  hath  beene  diuers  times  acted  by  the  Lord  I 
Chamberlaine  his  Seruants.  |  Written  by  WilHam  Shakespeare.  |  [Orna- 
ment] I  At  London,  |  Printed  by  L  R.  for  Thomas  Heyes,  |  and  are  to  be 
sold  in  Paules  Church-yard,  at  the  |  signe  of  the  Greene  Dragon.   |  1600. 

First  edition.    A-I* ;  K^ ;  total,  38  leaves.    Type-page,  6  ^4  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:     A2,  Vayling;  Bi,  worth;  Ci,  or,;  Di,  Clawne;  Ei,   That;  Fi,  Bass.; 
G'l,  Baltha.;  Hi,  cannot;   Yi,  Enter;  Ki,  for. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  6%x4%(j".  F4,  small  piece  torn  from  outer  blank  margin;  Ki, 
K2,  stained.  "S®"  on  top  of  title.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid 
and  bound  with  Henry  IV,  1599,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  VII.  Pressmark,  Malone, 
38.  [411 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  6  3/4  x  4  %".  Title  mended  in  margins.  The  Heber  (Decem- 
ber, 1834,  No.  2014),  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  levant 
morocco,  gilt  tooling,  by  Lewis.  [412 

BRIDGEWATER  HOUSE.  7y8x4%".  Acquired  prior  to  1649,  when  it  was 
catalogued  by  John,  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater.  Bound  in  green  morocco,  with 
arms  of  the  Marquis  of  Stafford,  by  Murton.  [413 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  Yxa^'^Vs"-  Roxburghe  arms  on  verso  title.  The  Rox- 
burghe  (May,  1812,  No.  3813),  King  George  HI  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Bound 
in  half  morocco.    Pressmark,  C.  12.  g.  11.  [414 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  %  x  5  ^,{r,"-  As,  Ds,  D4,  K2  mended  in  margins;  slightly 
soiled.  The  King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Bound  in  half  morocco. 
Pressmark,  C.  12.'g.  32.  [415 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6iyi6x4%".  Title  darkened ;  cropped  at  top,  injuring 
many  headlines.  On  back  of  title  is  list  of  early  plays  in  manuscript  and  on  early 
fly-leaf  bound  in  at  end  is  another  list.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779) 
copy.  Bound  in  green  morocco,  with  Garrick 's  arms  on  sides,  by  Tuckett  for  the 
Museum.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  22.  [416 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKEST'EARE  QUARTOS 

CRICHTON  STUART.  With  L.  Theobald's  signature  and  notes.  The  Theo- 
bald, Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1279),  Bute  copy.    Inlaid.  [417 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  7  %  x5  y^".  Rust  hole  in  title  and  K2;  small  piece  cut 
from  lower  corner  of  D2;  some  lower  margins  slightly  stained.  The  Dyce  (be- 
queathed, 1869)  copy.    Bound  in  blue  morocco,  by  Murton.  [418 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  6%x4%6"-  Somewhat  stained.  Huth  book-plate 
and  note,  probably  by  H.  Huth,  on  fly-leaf:  "Mr.  Gardner's  copy,  a  very  bad  one, 

sold  at  Sotheby's  in  July,  1854,  for .    This  copy  cost  me See  my  cash-book, 

28  Oct.  1854".     The  Huth   (November,   1911,  No.   1214),  Cochran    (presented, 
December,  1911)  copy.     Bound  in  brown  straiglit-grained  morocco,  by  Murton. 

[419 

FOLGER.  Title,  A2,  A4,  F4,  in  facsimile ;  A3  mended  and  a  few  words  are  lacking. 
Malone's  note:  "This  copy  was  given  to  me  by  Dr.  Farmer  and  the  words  on  the 
first  page  are  his  handwriting.  For  the  title-page  I  am  answerable."  The  Farmer 
(May,  1798,  No.  7855),  Malone  (Sotheby,  November,  1818),  Sotheby  (August 
11,  1865,  No.  134).  Halliwell  Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  752),  Perry 
(sold,  March,  1907)  copy.     Inlaid  and  bound  in  half  brown  morocco,  by  Bedford. 

[420 

FOLGER.     The  Warwick  copy.  [421 

FOLGER.  The  Jadis  (March,  1828,  No.  162),  Daniel  (July,  1864,  No.  1432) 
copy.     Bound  in  green  morocco,  by  Lewis.  [422 

HUNTINGTON.  6%x4%g".  F2  mutilated;  rust  hole  in  Es.  Note  on  page 
opposite  title  as  to  rarity  of  this  edition.  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1798". 
The  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and 
bound  with  Richard  II,  1597,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  120.  [423 

HUNTINGTON.  6iyi6x4%6"-  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines. 
Locker  and  Church  book-plates.  The  J.  D.  Gardner  (July,  1854,  No.  2195),  Tite 
(June,  1874,  No.  2752),  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911) 
copy.     Bound  in  red  morocco,  elaborately  panelled  sides,  by  Hayday.  [424 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  6  %  x  5".  Note  by  Heber  on  fly-leaf:  "There  is  a  Copy 
in  Capells  Coll.  Trin.  Coll  ...  in  the  Br.  Mus  ...  in  the  Library  of  Geo.  Ill 
(Roxb.  copy).  The  D.  of  Grafton's  copy  of  this  ed.  (1815,  sold  for)  9.  9.  0.  The 
Roxburghe  copy  of  this  ed  (1812)  sold  for  £  10.  0.  0.  Mr.  Bindley 's  .  .  .  (1819) 
...  22.  1.  0."  The  Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  5446),  H.  Stevens  (sold  December, 
1855),  Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May, 
1895)  copy.    Bound  in  purple  straight-grained  morocco.  [425 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  x  5  i^".  The  Capell  (presented, 
June,  1779)  copy.     Bound  with  other  plays  in  brown  calf.     Pressmark,  S.  30.  4. 

[426 

WHITE.  7%x5  5/i6".  The  Mostyn  (Sotheby,  May  31,  1907,  No.  478)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Club  Bindery.  [427 

MERCHANT  OF  VENICE,  1600  [1619]. 

The  I  Excellent  |  History  of  the  Mer-|chant  of  Venice.  |  With  the 
extreme  cruelty  of  Shylocke  |  the  lew  towards  the  saide  Merchant,  In  cut-| 
ting  a  lust  pound  of  his  flesh.    And  the  obtaining  |  of  Portia,  by  the  choyse 

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MERCHANT  OF  VENICE 

of  I  three  Caskets.   |  Written  by  W.  Shakespeare.     1  [Heb  Ddieu  device]  | 
Printed  by  J.  Roberts,  1600.      [1619] 
Second  edition.    A-K'' ;   total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  6  ^4  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:     A2,  Salar.;  Bi,  to;  Ci,  Yea;  Di,  What;  Ei,  Which;  Fi,  With;  Gi, 
He;  Hi,  You;  li,  Comes;  Ki,  Enter. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7%6x5%".  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and 
bound  with  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,  Roberts,  1600,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  IV. 
Pressmark,  Malone,  35.  [428 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7  %  x  5  Y^".  Title  mended  in  upper  margin.  The  Rodd 
(sold,  September  22,  1843),  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound  in  green 
morocco,  by  Lewis.  [429 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7%6x5  15/ig"-  Blue  chalk  mark  on  title;  Bs  torn  in 
lower  corner.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
straight-grained  morocco,  tooled  sides,  Garrick's  arms  on  sides,  many  leaves  uncut. 
Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  23.  [430 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7x5  %".  Lower  corners  of  sheets  E-K  papered  over  in 
most  leaves.  Numerous  signatures  on  verso  K4 ;  note  on  recto  K4 :  "This  copy  was 
used  by  S.  I."  Probably  the  Ireland  (May  7,  1801,  No.  466)  copy.  The  King 
George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Bound  in  half  morocco.  Pressmark,  C.  12. 
g.  31.  [431 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  6  %  x  5  Yj^q".  Ci-C4,  Gi-G-.,  K2-K4  in  facsimile; 
title  extended  in  lower  corner;  A2,  A3,  extended  upper  and  outer  margins,  injuring 
headlines.  Halliwell's  note:  "This  copy  has  a  few  leaves  of  text  in  facsimile,  I  gave 
Mr.  Lacy  £20  for  an  unbound  copy  wanting  several  leaves,  I  think  the  present 
copy,  but  I  am  not  sure.  As  a  rule,  I  do  not  retain*  the  original  when  I  have  a 
satisfactory  lithographic  FS.  but  an  exception  is  made  in  this  instance  on  account  of 
the  water-marks. 

*This  was  a  rule  I  was  cornmencing  to  make,  but  did  not  keep  long  in  that  mind." 
The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford. 

[432 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  6i5/icx5%".  Huth  book-plate.  The  Huth  (Novem- 
ber, 1911,  No.  1213),  Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
morocco,  by  Bedford.  [433 

ETON  COLLEGE.  IYig'x-^'^Yig"-  Some  interleaves.  The  Storer  (bequeathed, 
1799)  copy.    Bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  II.  [434 

FOLGER.  7  %  x  5  Yi" •  Some  early  manuscript  notes  in  margins.  The  Jennens 
(collected,  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe), 
Howe  (sold,  December,  1907)  copy.     Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [435 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [436 

FOLGER.    The  Griswold  (probably  sold,  August,  1889)  copy.  [437 

FURNESS.  7%x5^l6"-  With  manuscript  titles  of  Heyes,  1600,  and  1637, 
editions  of  Merchant  of  Venice  in  Capell's  handwriting  inserted  at  end  and  Capell's 
notes  throughout.  The  Capell,  Kinsman  (sold,  July,  1872)  copy.  Bound  in  green 
levant  morocco,  blue  silk  doublures  and  fly-leaves.  [438 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  5  %".  Fi  mended  in  lower  blank  margin.  Locker  manu- 
script notes  and  book-plate.  The  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co. 
(sold,  April,  1905),  Halsey  (sold,  December,  1915)  copy.  Bound  in  red  levant 
morocco,  by  Bedford.  [439 

HUNTINGTON.  7  3/^^x5%".  Church  book-plate.  The  Church  (sold,  April, 
1911)  copy.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [440 

HUNTINGTON.  7  %  x  5".  Long  quotation  from  Stationers'  Register  on  page 
opposite  title  by  Kemble  and  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1798";  "This  Edition 
is  not  so  rare  as  that  printed  for  Thomas  Heyes,  of  the  same  date.  See  Vol.  120 
of  my  collection.  J.  P.  K."  The  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January, 
1914)  copy.    Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  119.  [441 

MORGAN.  7x5  3/i6".  Birket  Foster  book-plate.  The  Foster  (June,  1894,  No. 
24),  Sotheby  (December  14,  1906,  No.  389),  Thomas  (sold,  January,  1910)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  morocco,  gilt  gauffered  edges.  [442 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7  i/sx5  %".  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855), 
Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy. 
Bound  in  purple  morocco.  [443 

PERRY.  7x5  y^".  The  Gwynne,  Goertz-Wrisberg  (sold,  August,  1902),  Quar- 
itch  (sold,  October,  1902)  copy.  Bound  in  old  calf,  with  "Edward  Gwynne"  on 
covers,  in  volume  containing  six  genuine  and  three  spurious  plays.  [444 

SHAKESPEARE  BIRTHPLACE  LIBRARY.  7  Vie  x  5  14".  The  Hussey  (May, 
1906,  No.  377),  Quaritch  (sold,  1906)  copy.     Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Riviere. 

[445 

SHAKESPEARE  BIRTHPLACE  LIBRARY.  7  ^xS  %".  Ci  and  C4  in  fac- 
simile; stained  on  margin.  The  Haggard  (Sotheby,  1867,  No.  211)  copy.  Bound 
in  old  russia.  [446 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  1/3x5%".  The  Capell  (presented, 
June,  1779)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays.    Pressmark,  Q.  11.  5. 

[447 

TROWBRIDGE.  7  %x5  s/^g"-  K3  and  K4  in  facsimile;  I4,  Ki,  K2,  extended  on 
outer  margins;  G4  extended  on  lower  outer  corner.  The  Richmond  (sold  February, 
26,  1896)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  morocco.  [448 

VALENTINE.  [449 

WHITE,  A.  T.  6  %  X  4  %".  A3  extended  in  margin  and  mended;  cropped  at  top, 
injuring  some  headlines.  Signature  and  book-plate  of  John  F.  Marsh.  The  Marsh 
(May,  1882,  No.  2410),  Quaritch  (sold,  1887)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  straight- 
grained  morocco,  with  Kinnear  arms  in  gilt  on  covers.  [450 


MERCHANT  OF  VENICE,  1637. 

The  most  excellent  |  Historic  of  the  Merchant  |  of  Venice.  |  With  the 
extreame  crueltie  of  Shylocke  |  the  lewe  towards  the  said  Merchant,  in  | 
cutting  a  just  pound  of  his  flesh:  and  the  ob-|taining  of  Portia  by  the 
choice  I  of  three  Chests.  |  As  it  hath  beene  divers  times  acted  by  the  |  Lord 
Chamberlaine  his  Servants.    |  Written  by  William  Shakespeare.    |   [Orna- 

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MERCHANT  OF  VENICE 

ment]  |  London,  |  Printed  by  M.  P.  for  Laurence  Hayes,  and  are  to  be 
sold  I  at  his  Shop  on  Fleetbridge.     1637. 

Third  edition,  earlier  title.    A-I*;  total,  36  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:     A2,  To;  Bi,  Ner.;  Ci,  Gobbo;  Di,  But;  Ei,  Sol.  And;   Fi,   I  got; 
Gi,  Lorcn.Yet;   Hi,  Por.  Have;  li,  But. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7yi6x4%".  Title  backed,  "purch.  1828"  on  title.  Purchased, 
1828.    Bound  in  half  morocco.    Pressmark,  Malone,  769.  [451 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7  %  x  5  %".  A2  and  I4  mended  on  margins.  The  Barton 
(sold.  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  blue  levant  morocco,  gilt  tooling.  [452 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  6%x4%".  Title  worn  with  margins  cut  close;  cropped 
at  top,  injuring  some  headlines;  stained  and  foxed.  The  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873) 
copy.     Bound  in  half  calf.  [453 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7x4%".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  On 
verso  title  are  names  of  actors  added  in  manuscript.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed, 
January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  straight-grained  morocco,  Garrick 's  arms  on 
back.     Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  24.  [454 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [455 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  TysxSy^".  Title,  A3-B2,  B4-D3,  extended  in 
corners;  A2,  B3,  extended  on  front  margin;  E4  extended  on  lower  margin.  "Tho. 
Malbons  Booke,  1639"  and  scribbles  on  title;  "Tho.  Malbone  1639"  on  verso  I4. 
The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco  by  Tuckett.        [456 

ETON  COLLEGE.  6i%gx5".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines;  DI 
torn;  a  few  leaves  uncut  at  foot.  The  Storer  (bequeathed,  1799)  copy.  Interleaved 
and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  II.  [457 

FOLGER.  All  leaves  mended  in  corners.  Probably  Corser  (February,  1871,  No. 
399),  Craufurd  (July,  1876,  No.  1037),  Kershaw  (July,  1877,  No.  1239)  copy. 
The  Halliwell  Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  8),  Perry  (sold,  March,  1907) 
copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Lewis.  [458 

FOLGER.  7x5".  The  Hoe  (January,  1912,  No.  3038)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
levant  morocco,  by  ChamboUe-Duru.  [459 

FOLGER.  7  YsxS".  Title  and  two  leaves  soiled.  The  Sotheby  (June  20,  1904, 
No.  631 )  copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco,  silk  doublures.  [460 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [461 

FURNESS.  7x5  3^".  Title  in  facsimile.  "Bought  of  Mr.  Halliwell,  £10-10-0 
1867"  in  Tite's  handwriting.  The  Halliwell  (sold,  1867),  Tite  (May,  1874,  No. 
2754)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [462 

HUNTINGTON.  6^x5  %"•  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  many  headlines.  With 
duplicate  stamp  of  Lenox  Library,  and  Church  book-plate.  The  New  York  Public 
Library  (duplicate  sale.  May,  1906,  No.  212),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy. 
Bound  in  green  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [463 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7x5  1/4".  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox 
(incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  1895)  copj'.  Bound  in 
olive  morocco,  some  lower  edges  uncut,  by  Bedford.  [464 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 

SHAKESPEARE  BIRTHPLACE  LIBRARY.  6  Yg  x  4  1/2".  Title  mended  on 
inner  margin ;  cropp>ed  on  fore  edge  and  foot  throughout.  The  Corney  ( Sotheby, 
1871,  No.  2948),  A.  R.  Smith  (sold,  1872)  copy.     Bound  in  half  calf.  [465 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  Vg  x  5  i/g".  F4  mutilated  in  lower 
margin.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with 
other  plays.     Pressmark,  S.  31.  3.  [466 

WHITE.  7  YsxS  Ys".  Title  in  facsimile.  Probably  the  Jollev  (June,  1844,  No. 
599)  copy.  The  Crawford  (March,  1891,  No.  2898)  copy.  Bound  in  red  levant 
morocco,  by  Bedford.  [467 


MERCHANT  OF  VENICE,   1652. 

The  most  excellent  |  Historie  |  of  the  |  Merchant  of  Venice:  |  With  the 
extreame  cruelty  of  Shylocke  |  the  Jew  towards  the  said  Merchant,  in  cutting 
a  I  just  pound  of  his  flesh:  and  the  obtaining  |  of  Portia  by  the  choyce  of 
three  Chests.  |  As  it  hath  been  diverse  times  acted  by  the  |  Lord  Chamber- 
laine  his  Servants.  |  Written  by  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Ornament]  ] 
London:  |  Printed  for  William  Leake,  and  are  to  be  solde  at  his  shop  at 
the  I  signe  of  the  Crown  in  Fleetstreet,  between  the  two  |  Temple  Gates. 
1652. 

Third  edition,  later  title.  A-P;  total,  36  leaves.  Ci  is  wrongly  marked  Bi  in  some 
copies.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  ^Yiq". 

Catchwords:  A2,  To;  Bi,  Ner.;  Ci,  Gobbo;  Di,  But;  Ei,  Sol.  And;  Fi,  I  got;  Gi, 
Loren.  Yet;   Hi,  For.  Have;   li,  But. 

*This  differs  from  the  quarto  of  1637  only  in  the  title.  On  the  back  of  this  are 
"The  Actors  Names"  and  a  list  of  books  "Printed  and  solde  by  William  Leake". 

COPIES. 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  1^1^x5  ^Aq".  Slightly  stained.  The  Garrick  (be- 
queathed, January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  straight-grained  morocco.  Pressmark, 
C.  34.  k.  26.  [468 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7i46x5".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  headlines  on  F2, 
F3,  Is.  "8907,  6495,  2215,  Richard  Warner,  1749"  on  title.  The  Garrick 
(bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  straight-grained  morocco,  Gar- 
rick's  arms  on  back,  some  leaves  uncut  at  foot.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  25.  [469 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [470 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  7  %  x  5  %".  A*  extended  on  upper  margin. 
Halliwell's  note:  "Perfect.  Although  a  late  edition,  this  is  one  of  the  very  rarest 
of  the  Shakespeare  quartos.  No  copy  has  occurred  for  sale  for  very  many  years  & 
only  four  or  five  are  known  to  exist."  The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  several  leaves  uncut  at  foot,  by  Bedford.  [471 

ETON  COLLEGE.  7yi6x5".  Worn.  The  Storer  (bequeathed,  1799)  copy. 
Interleaved  and  bound  in  sprinkled  calf,  with  Richard  III,  1634,  and  other  plays  in 
Vol.  III.  [472 

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MERCHANT  OF  VENICE 

FOLGER.  Di  mended  in  lower  corner,  injuring  catchword.  The  Jennens  (collected, 
c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe 
(sold,  December,  1907)  copy.     Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [473 

FOLGER.  The  Halliwell  Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  65),  Perry  (sold, 
March,  1907)  copy.     Bound  in  half  olive  green  morocco.  [474 

FOLGER.    The  Jonas  (sold.  May,  1903)  copy.  [475 

MORGAN.  6  %  X  5  %".  Title  extended  on  inner  margin ;  A2,  A3,  extended  on 
upper  margin;  E4,  Fi,  F2,  mended  in  margins,  a  few  letters  injured;  Is  and  I4  par- 
tially remargined  and  mended.  The  Brooks  (sold,  1910)  copy.  Bound  in  old  boards, 
marbled  paper.  [476 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7  %  x  5  %".  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855), 
Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  1895)  copy. 
Bound  in  purple  straight-grained  morocco,  by  Clarke.  [477 

PERRY.  7^x5  %".  Title  stained,  blank  margins  torn.  The  Carrington 
(Sotheby,  July,  1905,  No.  379)  copy.  Bound  in  old  boards,  some  leaves  uncut  at 
foot.  [478 

SHAKESPEARE  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY.  6  %  x  4  %".  Title,  A2,  A3,  mended 
in  outer  margin  injuring  a  few  words;  A4,  H2-I4  extended  on  outer  margin;  Bi-C4, 
Gi,  G4  mended  on  outer  margin;  Ei  mended  in  lower  margin.  Halliwell's  note: 
"One  of  the  rarest,  if  not  the  rarest,  of  the  later  Shakespeare  quartos,  but  I  have 
had  the  good  luck,  since  this  was  bound  to  buy  a  nicer  copy  from  Mr.  Jarvis".  The 
[Halliwell]  Sotheby  (July,  1889,  No.  905)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  levant  morocco, 
by  Bedford  for  Halliwell.  [479 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  i^  x  5  s/g".  The  Capell  (presented, 
June,  1779)  copy.     Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays.     Pressmark,  S.  27.  5. 

[480 

WHITE.  7  %  X  4  %".  Book-plate  of  Edward  Whittaker  Hennell.  The  Christie 
(December  5,  1906,  No.  180)  copy.  Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  some  leaves 
uncut  at  foot.  [481 


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MERRY  WIVES  OF  WINDSOR. 


MERRY  WIVES  OF  WINDSOR,  1602. 

A  I  Most  pleasaiint  and  |  excellent  conceited  Co-|medie,  of  Syr  lohn 
Fahtaffe,  and  the  j  merrle  Wiues  of  Windsor.  |  Entermixed  with  sundrie  | 
variable  and  pleasing  humors,  of  Syr  Hugh  |  the  Welch  Knight,  lustice 
Shallow,  and  his  |  wise  Cousin  M.  Slender.  |  With  the  swaggering  vaine 
of  Auncient  |  Pistoll,  and  Corporall  Nym.  |  By  William  Shakespeare.  |  As 
it  hath  bene  diuers  times  Acted  by  the  right  Honorable  |  my  Lord  Cham- 
berlaines  seruants.  Both  before  her  |  Maiestie,  and  elsewhere.  |  [Orna- 
ment] I  London  |  Printed  by  T.  C.  for  Arthur  lohnson,  and  are  to  be  sold 
at  I  his  shop  in  Powles  Church-yard,  at  the  signe  of  the  |  Flower  de  Leuse 
and  the  Crowne.  |  1602. 

First  edition.     A-G*;   total,  28   leaves.     Ai   blank  except   for  signature;   tide,  A2. 
Type-page,  6}iex3  %". 

Catchwords:     A3,  The;  Bi,  Host.;  Ci,  Weele;  Di,  Enter;  Ei,  Sir;  Fi,  Enter;  Gi, 


The. 


COPIES. 


BODLEIAN.  7yi6x4i%6"-  Ai  lacking ;  small  rust  hole  in  Gi-Gs.  The  Malone 
(presented,  1821 )  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  VII.  Pressmark, 
Malone,  38.  [482 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %  x  5  s/iq".  Ai  lacking.  Slight  stain  on  top  of  tide  and 
As ;  rust  hole  on  A4  and  Da.  Bibliotheca  Heberiana  stamp  on  fly-leaf  and  Heber's 
note:  "Bindleys  sale  Pt.  Ill  n.  2045"  inside  cover;  Huth  book-plate  and  Huth  Be- 
quest stamp.  The  Bindley  (1819,  No.  2045),  Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  5443), 
Daniel  (July,  1864,  No.  1436),  Huth  (bequeathed,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in 
marbled  paper  covers,  lower  edges  uncut,  with  written  label,  "Merry  Wives  of 
Windsor,  1602".    Pressmark,  Huth,  48.  [483 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  4  %".  Ai  lacking.  Gaisford  and  Church  book-plates. 
The  Gaisford  (April,  1890,  No.  1741),  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold, 
April,  1911)  copy.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [484 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %6  x  4  ^iq"-  Ai  and  Gs  lacking;  many  headlines  cropped  or 
cut  away;  some  pages  damaged.  The  Bunbury  (exchanged,  1823),  Payne  &  Foss 
(sold,  1823),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with 
Hamlet,  1603,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  542.  [485 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  6%x4%".  With  Ai.  Wormhole 
in  margin  of  Bi-G*.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown 
calf,  with  other  plays.     Pressmark,  W.  5.  5.  [486 


MERRY  WIVES  OF  WINDSOR,  1619. 

A  I  Most  pleasant  and  ex-|cellent  conceited  Comedy,  |  of  Sir  lohn 
Falstaffe,  and  the  |  merry  VViues  of  Windsor.  |  With  the  swaggering 
valne  of  An-|cient  Pistoll,  and  Corporall  Nym.  |  Written  by  W.  Shake- 
speare.    I  [Heb  Ddieu  device]  |  Printed  for  Arthur  Johnson,  161 9. 

Second  edition.    A-G'* ;  total,  28  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  %". 

Catchwords:  A2,  The;  Bi,  who;  Ci,  Shal.;  Di,  Throw;  Ei,  Mis:;  FI.  He;  Gi, 
Pent. 

COPIES. 

BALLIOL  COLLEGE,  OXFORD.  7%6x5  %".  Title  mounted,  some  corners 
injured  and  mended.  Note  on  title:  "Thomas  Skynner  1621";  note:  "Extracted  from 
a  book  of  plays,  Arch  M.  6.  12.,  and  bound  April  1864.  Donald  M.  Owen  librarian, 
Balliol."    Bound  in  red  morocco.  [487 

BODLEIAN.  TYnxSYn".  Hole  in  margin  B2  and  Bs ;  Gi  mended  in  margin; 
pinprickt  pattern  on  title.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound 
with  other  plays  in  Vol.  IV.    Pressmark,  Malone,  35.  [488 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7  YiqxS  %".  Title  mended  in  lower  portion,  date  in  fac- 
simile; wormholes  mended  on  inner  portions  of  some  leaves.  The  Rodd  (sold, 
December,  1846),  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound  in  green  straight-grained 
morocco,  by  Lewis.  [489 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %  x  5  Ylq".  Slight  damp  stain  throughout.  The  King 
George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Bound  in  half  morocco.  Pressmark,  C.  12. 
g.  24.  [490 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  1,^  x  5  %"•  Title  browned ;  A4  mended  in  inner  margin; 
B2,  B3,  B4,  stained;  D4  corner  mended.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779) 
copy.  Bound  in  green  straight-grained  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  sides.  Press- 
mark, C.  34.  k.  27.  [491 

CLAWSON.  7%x5%".  "B.  Kelley,  1774"  on  fly-leaf;  Dramatis  Personnae 
in  old  handwriting  on  verso  title;  Hoe  book-plate.  The  Kelley  (1774),  Pope 
(sold,  June,  1895),  Hoe  (November,  1912,  No.  2893),  G.  D.  Smith  (sold,  1914) 
copy.  Bound  in  red  levant  morocco  starred,  inlaid  with  green,  tan  and  brown  in 
floral  design,  gilt  tooling,  doublure  of  same  design  on  blue  levant  morocco  starred, 
in  green  levant  case,  by  Riviere.  [492 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [493 

DODD.  7^6x5%".  The  Hussey  (Sotheby,  May  28,  1906,  No.  381)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Club  Bindery,  1906.  [494 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  7x5  %".  Writing  inked  out  on  Fi  verso  and  F2  recto; 
scribbling  on  title;  "C.P.  A.  Dyce".  The  Dyce  (bequeathed,  1869)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  morocco  extra,  by  Murton.  [495 

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MERRY  WIVES  OF  WINDSOR 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  6i5/jgx4%"-  Huth  book-plate.  The  Huth  (Novem- 
ber, 1911,  No.  1205),  Cocliran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
straight-grained  morocco.  [496 

FOLGER.  7  %x5  %".  A  few  leaves  stained.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740, 
bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold, 
December,  1907)  copy.      Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [497 

FOLGER.  The  Gott  (sold  through  Sotheran,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  half  red 
morocco,  by  Lewis.  [498 

FOLGER.  Lower  corner  of  two  leaves  torn.  The  Sotheby  (March  16,  1903,  No. 
1263)  copy.    Bound  in  morocco.  [499 

FOLGER.    Title  damaged.     The  Warwick  copy.  [500 

FOLGER.  The  Quaritch  (sold,  1895),  Jonas  (sold.  May,  1903)  copy.  Bound  in 
morocco,  by  Riviere.  [501 

HUNTINGTON.  7^6x5".  With  note  written  on  the  inlay:  "This  is  the 
second  Edition  of  the  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor  which  I  have  collated  with  the  first 
printed  in  1602.  J.  P.  Kemble."  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  Kemble.  1792." 
The  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and 
bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  1 19.  [502 

HUNTINGTON.  7%gx5  3/8".  Locker  and  Church  book-plates.  The  Locker 
(sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red  straight- 
grained  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [503 

MORGAN.  7x5".  The  Pierce  (sold,  September,  1891),  Irwin  (sold,  March, 
1900)  copy.  Bound  in  blue  levant  morocco,  brown  levant  morocco  doublure,  gilt 
tooling,  by  Motte.  [504 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7yi6x5%".  Manuscript  corrections  in  old  hand 
throughout.  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incorporated  as 
Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  1895)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  gilt 
tooling,  by  Mackenzie.  [505 

PERRY.  7x5  y^".  The  Gwynne,  Goertz-Wrisberg  (sold,  August,  1902) ,  Quaritch 
(sold,  October,  1902)  copy.  Bound  in  old  calf  with  "Edward  Gwynne"  on  covers, 
in  volume  containing  six  genuine  and  three  spurious  plays.  [506 

QUARITCH.  7  ^^  X  4  %".  Ci  mended  in  lower  margin.  The  Winans  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [507 

QUARITCH.    6  %  X  4  %".    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [508 

SHAKESPEARE  BIRTHPLACE  LIBRARY.  7  3/i6x5  3Xg".  G2-G4  extended 
in  margins;  D2  mended  in  margin.  The  Van  Antwerp  (March,  1907,  No.  199), 
Quaritch  (sold,  January,  1908)  copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [509 

SHAKESPEARE  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY.  7x51/4".  Title,  B2,  B3,  in  fac- 
simile; A2-Bi,  B4-E4  extended  in  lower  corner;  Gi-G4  stained  and  mended  in 
margin.  The  Halliwell  (Sotheby,  July,  1889,  No.  906)  copy.  Bound  in  red  levant 
morocco,  by  Bedford.  [510 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  1/0  x  5  %".  C2  torn  at  top.  The 
Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays. 
Pressmark,  Q.  11.  2.  [511 

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TROWBRIDGE.  6  %  x  5".  The  Ives  (March,  1891,  No.  891)  copy,  purchased, 
March  10,  1896.  Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  green  levant  morocco  doublure,  by 
Lortic.  [512 

WHITE.  6%x4%".  "George  Steevens"  on  title;  Roxburghe  arms  on  verso 
title.  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1282),  Roxburghe  (May,  1812,  No.  3804), 
Perkins  (July,  1889,  No.  1705)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  Perkins's  arms  in 
gilt  on  covers.  [513 

WINDSOR  CASTLE.     7i4x5%".    Unbound.  [514 


MERRY  WIVES  OF  WINDSOR,  1630. 

The  I  Merry  Wives  |  of  Windsor.  |  With  the  humours  of  Sir  lohn 
Falstaffe,  |  As  also  the  swaggering  vaine  of  Ancient  |  Pistoll,  and  Cor- 
porall  Nym.  |  Written  by  William  Shake-Speare.  i  Newly  corrected.  | 
[Ornament]  |  London:  |  Printed  by  T.  H.  for  R.  Meighen,  and  are  to  be 
sold  I  at  his  Shop,  next  to  the  Middle-Temple  Gate,  and  in  |  S.  Dunstans 
Church-yard  in  Fleet-street,  |  1630. 

Third  edition.    A-K*;   total,  40  leaves.    K*  blank.    Type-page,  Sy^  x  3  %". 

Catchwords:  A2,  Shal.;  Bi,  Slender.;  Ci,  Gentleman;  Di,  any;  Ei,  water;  Fi, 
Master;   Gi,  I ;   Hi,  Mist;   li,  of;   Ki,  Euens. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7  %6  x  5  y^".  Small  piece  off  lower  margin  of  I3.  The  Malone 
(presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  II.  Pressmark, 
Malone,  33.  [515 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7M6x5%6"-  Wormhole  through  some  leaves ;  manuscript 
notes  at  sides  in  old  handwriting.  The  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound  in 
half  red  calf.  [516 

BRIDGEWATER  HOUSE.  7  1/8x5}^".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  head- 
lines. Acquired  prior  to  1649  when  it  was  catalogued  by  John,  Second  Earl  of 
Bridgewater.     Bound  in  calf,  with  arms  of  the  Marquis  of  Stafford,  by  Murton. 

[517 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7x4  %".  Soiled  and  a  few  small  tears  and  mends.  The 
Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  straight-grained  morocco, 
Garrick's  arms  on  back.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  28.  [518 

CRICHTON  STUART.    The  Steevens  copy.  [519 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  6%x4ii/io".  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  some 
signatures  and  catchwords.  "George  Steevens"  on  title ;  Roxburghe  arms  on  verso ; 
"Thos.  JoUey,  1812"  on  fly-leaf  and  Jolley  book-plate  inside  cover;  Halliwell's 
notes:  "This  was  the  Roxburghe  copy.  .  .  .  This  ed.  is  very  much  rarer  that  the 
previous  one  of  1619.  For  ten  copies  of  ed.  1619  not  more  than  one  of  ed.  1630  can 
be  found."  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1283),  Roxburghe  (May,  1812,  No. 
3805),  Jolley  (June,  1844,  No.  601),  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy.  Bound 
in  half  calf.  [520 

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FOLGER.  Title  soiled  and  mended.  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines;  a 
few  stains.  Manuscript  cast  of  actors  including  Betterton  and  Mrs.  Bracegirdle 
on  verso  title.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A. 
Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold  December,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in 
half  blue  morocco.  [521 

MURRAY.  6  Vo  X  4  %".  Cropped  at  top  and  foot,  injuring  headlines,  signatures  and 
catchwords.  Gs  torn  at  foot.  "J.  Mitford"  and  note  on  front  fly-leaf.  The  Mit- 
ford  (April,  1860,  No.  3496)  copy.    Bound  in  half  roan.  [522 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  6  i^g  x  5  i/ig".  Title  cropped  at  top,  injuring  first  line 
of  print,  mended  in  lower  portion;  a  few  headlines  shaved.  The  H.  Stevens  (sold 
December,  1855),  Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public, 
1895)   copy.     Bound  in  green  morocco.  [523 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  6  7/8x5%".  K4  blank  and  genuine. 
The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf  with  other  plays. 
Pressmark,  T.  7.  6.  [524 


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A  MIDSUMMER  NIGHT'S  DREAM. 


A  MIDSUMMER  NIGHT'S  DREAM,  1600. 

[Ornament]  |  A  |  Midsommer  nights  |  dreame.  |  As  it  hath  beene 
sundry  times  pub-|lickely  acted,  by  the  Right  honoura-|ble,  the  Lord  Cham- 
berlaine  his  |  seruants.  |  Written  by  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Fisher's 
device]  |  Ijlmprinted  at  London,  for  Thomas  Fisher,  and  are  to  |  be 
soulde  at  his  shoppe,  at  the  Signe  of  the  White  Hart,  |  in  Fleetestreete. 
1600. 

First  edition.    A-H*;   total,  32  leaves.    Type-page,  6x3  %"■ 

Catchwords:  As,  A-;  Bi,  But;  Ci,  In;  Di,  How;  Ei,  Hit;  Fi,  Then;  Gi,  Egeus; 
Hi,  Pat. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  6  m^  x  4  n/ig"-  C2,  hole  in  line  3  from  end;  C3,  lower  half  torn 
off;  F2,  small  hole,  line  10  from  end.  "George  Steevens"  on  title.  The  Steevens 
(May,  1800,  No.  1284),  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with 
other  plays  in  Vol.  VII.    Pressmark,  Malone,  38.  [525 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7%x5%6"-  The  Heber  (December,  1834,  No.  2012), 
Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.     Bound  in  brown  morocco,  gilt  tooling,  by  Lewis. 

[526 

BRIDGEWATER  HOUSE.  7  ?^6x4%".  Acquired  prior  to  1649  when  it  was 
catalogued  by  John,  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater.  Bound  in  morocco,  with  arms  of 
the  Marquis  of  StafEord,  by  Murton.  [527 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6%6x4i/4".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  many  headlines; 
soiled,  stained  and  mended  in  many  small  places.  Purchased  probably  before  1840. 
Bound  in  yellow  morocco,  by  Tuckett  for  the  Museum.     Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  29. 

[528 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7  %  x  5  14".  Wormhole  in  lower  blank  margin  of 
some  leaves.  Bibliotheca  Heberiana  stamp  on  fly-leaf:  "Bindlev's  sale,  Pt. 
HI,  2040,  Feb.  1819"  in  Heber's  hand,  inside  front  cover;  Huth  book-plate.  The 
Bindley  (February,  1819,  No.  2040),  Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  5442),  Daniel  (July, 
1864,  No.  1434),  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1212),  Cochran  (presented,  Decem- 
ber, 1911)  copy.     Bound  in  paper  covers,  uncut.  [529 

FOLGER.  The  Gott  (sold  through  Sotheran,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco, 
by  Lewis.  [530 

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HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x4  %".  C2,  Cs,  H2,  H3,  lacking;  cropped  at  top,  injuring 
some  headlines.  The  Bunbury  (exchanged,  1823),  Payne  &  Foss  (sold,  1823), 
Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  Hamlet,  1603,  in 
Vol.  542.  [531 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  %  x  5  %".  Title  torn  in  outer  margin. 
Note  by  Theobald  on  title:  "Collated  with  the  other  Old  Quarto,  with  the  same 
Title,  printed  by  James  Roberts  in  1600.  L.  T."  The  collations  are  entered  in 
the  margins.  The  Theobald  (sold,  October,  1744),  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779) 
copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  old  plays.     Pressmark,  S.  27.  3.  [532 


A  MIDSUMMER  NIGHT'S  DREAM,  1600  [1619]. 

[Ornament]  A  |  Midsommer  nights  |  dreame.  |  As  it  hath  beene  sundry 
times  pub-|likely  acted  by  the  Right  Honoura-|ble,  the  Lord  Chamberlaine 
his  j  seruants.  |  Written  by  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Device]  |  Printed 
by  lames  Roberts,  1600.     [William  Jaggard  for  Thomas  Pavier,  1619] 

Second  edition.    A-H* ;  total,  32  leaves.    Type-page,  5  %  x  3  %". 

Catchwords:     A2,  A-;  Bi,  But;  Ci,  In;  Di,   How;  Ei,   Hit;  Fi,  Then;  Gi,   For; 


Hi,  Pat. 


COPIES. 


BODLEIAN.  lYzxSy,".  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and 
bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  IV.    Pressmark,  Malone,  35.  [533 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7x5%".  The  Bright  (March,  1845,  No.  5102),  Barton 
(sold.  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  morocco,  by  Mackenzie.  [534 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %e  x  5  i-yie".  Fs  mended  in  lower  margin.  The  Gar- 
rick  (bequeathed,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  straight-grained  yellow  morocco,  Garrick's 
arms  on  sides.     Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  30.  [535 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %  x  5  %".  Sheet  H  stained  in  outer  half.  Early  signa- 
tures of  Edward  Nedham  and  H.  Cleaveland.  The  King  George  III  (presented, 
1823)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco.    Pressmark,  C.  12.  g.  30.  [536 

BRITWELL  LIBRARY.  7  s/ie  x5  e/ie".  "George  Steevens"  on  title;  Gaisford 
book-plate.  The  Steevens,  Tite  (May,  1874,  No.  2760),  Craufurd  (July,  1876, 
No.  1034),  Gaisford  (April,  1890,  No.  1739)  copy.  Bound  in  green  morocco,  by 
Mackenzie.  [537 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [538 

DODD.  (>^Vi6  ^^  Via"-  Title  extended  in  outer  corners.  Manuscript  note  on 
margin  of  F2.  The  Sotheby  (December  6,  1905,  No.  927)  copy.  Bound  in  brown 
morocco.  [539 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  e^YiexS".  C2-D4  in  facsimile;  G*  mended. 
The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford. 

[540 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7x5%".  Three  leaves  stained.  The  Cochran  (pre- 
sented, December,  1911)  copy.     Bound  in  green  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.     [541 

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ETON  COLLEGE.  7  Yiq  x5  y^".  The  Storer  (bequeathed,  1799)  copy.  Bound 
in  sprinkled  calf,  with  Love's  Labours  Lost,  1631,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  II.      [542 

FOLGER.  7  1-8x5  %".  Some  18th  century  readings  from  Theobald  and  Hanmer 
on  margins.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon, 
ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold,  December,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  half  blue 
morocco.  [543 

FOLGER.  The  Gott  (sold  through  Sotheran,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco, 
by  Lewis.  [544 

FOLGER.  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  The  Crawford  (March,  1891, 
No.  2889),  Jonas  (sold,  May,  1903)  copy.    Bound  in  morocco,  by  Riviere.      [545 

HUNTINGTON.  714x514".  The  Sabin  (sold,  1908),  Halsey  (sold,  Decem- 
ber, 1915)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [546 

HUNTINGTON.  7  YiqxA-  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  Note 
opposite  title:  "Fisher's  Edition  of  A  Midsummer  Nights  dreame  is,  Mr.  Malonc 
thinks,  preferable  to  Robert's  which  appears  to  have  been  followed  in  the  folio  1623." 
"Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1798."  The  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire 
(sold,  January,  1914)  copy.    Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  119.       [547 

HUNTINGTON.  7i,i6x5%".  Holgate,  Ives  and  Church  book-plates.  The 
Holgate  (June,  1846,  No.  821),  Windus  (March,  1868,  No.  905),  Ives  (March, 
1891,  No.  887),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  by 
Hayday.  [548 

LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS.  6  n/ie  x  4  "/lo".  Slightly  foxed.  Nos.  "927"  and 
"2105"  apparently  from  old  catalogues,  appear  in  book.  Purchased  in  1876.  Bound 
in  red  morocco,  gilt  tooling,  gilt  gaufiFered  edges.  [549 

MORGAN.  6%x4y/'.  "George  Steevens"  on  title;  Roxburghe  arms  on  verso 
title.  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1285),  Roxburghe  (May,  1812,  No.  3811), 
Hanrott  (February,  1834,  No.  2695),  Thorpe  (1834),  Assay  (sold,  December, 
1881),  Irwin  (sold,  March,  1900)  copy.  Bound  in  maroon  morocco,  Kinnear 
arms  in  gilt  on  covers.  [550 

MURRAY.  6%x5^4"-  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  type-ornament  on  title  and 
some  headlines ;  H4  mended  in  lower  margin.  Book-plate  of  John  Murray,  label 
of  Tudor  Exhibition,  1889-1890.  Probably  the  Loscombe  (June,  1854,  No.  1048) 
copy.    Bound  in  olive  morocco.  [551 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7  %x5  %".  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855), 
Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy. 
Bound  in  purple  straight-grained  morocco,  by  Clarke.  [552 

PERRY.  7x5  1/4".  The  Gwynne,  Goertz-Wrisberg  (sold,  August,  1902),  Quar- 
itch  (sold,  October,  1902)  copy.  Bound  in  old  calf,  with  "Edward  Gwynne"  on 
covers,  in  volume  containing  six  genuine  and  three  spurious  plays.  [553 

SHAKESPEARE  BIRTHPLACE  LIBRARY.  71/10x51/10".  Title,  A2,  As, 
mended  in  corners;  Bi  remargined  on  fore  edge.  The  Locker  (sold,  January, 
1905),  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.  (sold,  April,  1905),  Van  Antwerp  (March,  1907,  No. 
196),  Quaritch  (sold,  January,  1908)  copv.    Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford. 

[554 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.     71/2x5%".     The   Capell    (presented, 

June,  1779)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  old  plays.    Pressmark,  Q.  11.  3. 

[555 

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WHITE.     6^^46x5  Ys".     Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  The  Perkins 

(July,    1889,   No.    1695)    copy.     Bound  in   red  morocco,    Perkins's  arms  in   gilt 

on  covers.  [556 


A  MIDSUMMER  NIGHT'S  DREAM,  i6oo. 
Edition  Unknown. 

COPY. 
FOLGER.     BoughtatSotheby  (February,  1903),  [557 


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MUCH  ADO  ABOUT  NOTHING. 


MUCH  ADO  ABOUT  NOTHING,   1600. 

[Ornament]  Much  adoe  about  |  Nothing.  |  As  it  hath  been  sundrie 
times  publikely  |  acted  by  the  right  honourable,  the  Lord  |  Chamberlaine 
his  seruants.  |  Written  by  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Ornament]  |  London  1 
Printed  by  V.  S.  for  Andrew  Wise,  and  |  William  Aspley.    |  1600. 

First  edition.    A-I*;   total,  36  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %6  ^  ^  Vxn" • 

Catchwords:  A2,  Leo.;  Bi,  Claudio;  Ci,  Bene.;  Di,  Con-;  Ei,  Beleeue;  Fi,  none; 
Gi,  A;   Hi,  And;   U,  Bene. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  6%x4%c"-  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and 
bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  VII.    Pressmark,  Malone,  38.  [558 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  6  is^ie  x  4  %".  Every  leaf  cut  round  and  Inlaid,  very  brittle 
and  torn  in  some  cases.  "George  Stecvens"  on  title  and  his  notes  on  verso  title  and 
on  inlays.  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1286),  Bright  (March,  1845,  No.  5104), 
Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco.  [559 

BRIDGEWATER  HOUSE.  7  ^16x4  ■%"•  Acquired  prior  to  1649  when  it  was 
catalogued  by  John,  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater.  Bound  in  morocco,  with  arms  of 
the  Marquis  of  Stafford,  by  Murton.  [560 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %  x  5".  Spot  on  D3,  Di ;  D4  mended  at  foot.  The  King 
George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Bound  in  half  morocco.  Pressmark,  C.  12. 
g.  29.  [561 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7x5".  I4  lacking;  Title,  A2-A4,  li-h  mended;  soiled 
throughout.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  green 
straight-grained  morocco,  by  Tuckett  for  the  Museum.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  31. 

[562 

BRITWELL  LIBRARY.  6%x4%".  Gaisford  book-plate.  The  Gaisford 
(April,  1890,  No.  1740)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [563 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  6%x4  34".  "Coll.  perfect.  A.  Dyce"  "Read  No.  5th 
88  Sam  Moore"  on  title;  list  of  characters  on  verso  title.  The  Dyce  (presented, 
1869)  copy.    Bound  in  blue  morocco.  [564 

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EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  7i/icx4y8"-  Title  and  U  in  facsimile;  A2, 
As,  Bi-B4  mended ;  A4  extended  in  lower  outer  corner,  catchwords  in  facsimile ; 
F2-H3,  li-Is  mended  in  corner,  some  letters  in  pen  facsimile.  Halliwell's  note:  "The 
title  &  some  portions  of  the  text  are  in  FS.  but  still  it  will  be  interesting  &  valuable  to 
the  student.  Daniel's  copy,  the  finest  known,  fetched  £267  but  this  large  price 
does  not  afford  any  indication  of  the  inferior  value  of  a  made-up  copy."  The  Capell, 
Kinsman  (sold,  1870),  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy.  Bound  in  half  morocco, 
by  Bedford.  [565 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  6i^^6x5  %q".  Title  soiled  and  mended  in  margins; 
cropped  at  top,  injuring  headlines  on  A-i,  Bi-C4,  Is.  The  Huth  (November,  1911, 
No.  1210),  Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  levant 
morocco,  by  Bedford.  [566 

FOLGER.    The  Griswold  (probably  sold,  August,  1889)  copy.  [567 

HUNTINGTON.  7iM6x5%".  Lewis,  Locker  and  Church  book-plates,  and 
note  by  Locker  on  fly-leaf.  The  Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  5445),  Daniel  (July, 
1864,  No.  1433),  Lewis  (May,  1868,  No.  235),  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905), 
Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  green  straight-grained  morocco,  with 
George  Daniel's  monogram  on  front  cover.  [568 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  4  %"•  Corner  off  Q,  several  words  lacking;  with  scrib- 
bling on  several  pages  written  before  Lady  day,  1602.  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K. 
1798."  The  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid 
and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  120.  [569 

PERRY.  d^YiG  x^^Yiq".  Extended  on  upper  margins  throughout.  The  Perkins 
(July,  1889,  No.  1692),  Sotheby  (December  6,  1905,  No.  926)  copy.  Bound  in 
red  levant  morocco,  gilt  tooling,  green  levant  doublure  gilt  tooled,  green  silk  fly- 
leaves, by  Lortic  Freres.  [570 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7x5".  The  Capell  (presented,  June, 
1779)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  old  plays.    Pressmark,  S.  34.  3.     [571 

WHITE.  7x5  Yg".  Bi-B4,  Gi-l4,  in  facsimile;  Es  has  upper  outer  portion  in  fac- 
simile ;  Fi  extended  on  upper  margin ;  F4  extended  on  two  upper  corners.  The 
Utterson  (April,  1852,  No.  1686),  Halliwell  (sold,  March,  1866),  Tite  (June, 
1874,  No.  2761),  HalliweU  (July,  1889,  No.  907)  copy.  Bound  in  red  levant 
morocco,  by  Bedford.  [572 


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OTHELLO. 


OTHELLO,   1622. 

The  I  Tragoedy  of  Othello,  |  The  Moore  of  Venice.  |  As  it  hath  beene 
diuerse  times  acted  at  the  |  Globe,  and  at  the  Black-Friers,  by  |  his  Maiesties 
Seruants.  |  Written  by  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Okes's  device]  |  London,  | 
Printed  by  N.  O.  for  Thomas  Walkley,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  his  |  shop, 
at  the  Eagle  and  Child,  in  Brittans  Bursse.    |  1622. 

First  edition.    A^;   B-M'*;   N^;   total,  48  leaves.    Type-page,  6 '^g  x  3  %". 

Catchwords:  Bi,  More;  Ci,  In;  Di,  And;  Ei,  Enter;  Fi,  For;  Gi,  Cas.;  Hi,  Your; 
li,  Des.;  Ki,  lag.;  Li,  And;  Mi,  Des.;  Ni,  0th. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  6%x4%".  Small  wormhole  in  top  margin  throughout;  title 
badly  stained.  Note  by  Malone:  "In  Pope's  list  he  gives  the  title  of  this  play  (of 
which  he  had  only  one  copy)  exactly  as  it  stands  here,  except  that  he  has  given  no 
date,  from  which  it  has  been  supposed  that  there  is  another  edition  published  by 
Thos.  Walkley  without  a  date,  and  not  long  after  Shakespeare's  death.  Perhaps  the 
date  was  cut  off  from  his  copy.  In  70  years  no  undated  copy  of  this  play  has  been 
discovered,  which  makes  me  doubt  whether  it  ever  existed.  The  Quarto  copies 
which  had  belonged  to  Pope,  afterwards  fell  into  the  hands  of  Warburton,  who  put 
them  into  Mallet's  Sale  in  1766;  but  I  know  not  to  whom  they  were  sold.  If  they 
could  be  recovered,  this  point  might  be  ascertained.  That  Pope's  copy  had  no  date 
appears  from  his  inferring  from  Walkley's  preface  that  the  play  was  published  soon 
after  Shakespeare's  death :  which  he  need  not  have  done  if  his  copy  had  had  the 
date ;  but  I  have  no  doubt  that  the  date  was  wanting  merely  by  being  cut  off  which 
frequently  happens  in  old  plays.  The  gentleman  who  possesses  the  two  4to  vols 
above  mentioned  could  ascertain  the  point".  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy. 
Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  V.    Pressmark,  Malone,  36.  [573 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  6  3/i  x  4  1 3/i e"-  Somewhat  foxed.  The  Rodd  (sold,  Febru- 
ary, 1838),  Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound  in  green  straight-grained 
morocco,  by  Lewis.  [574 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6i3/cx4%".  Title  cut  close;  cropped  at  top,  injuring 
several  headlines;  very  tender  throughout.  Purchased,  July  10,  1857.  Bound  in 
red  morocco.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  32.  [575 

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BRITISH  MUSEUM.  613/^gx4%".  Ni  and  N2  lacking;  about  1/3  of  lower 
portion  of  title  and  A2  torn  away;  Ci  mended  at  top  corner.  Pages  9-16  wrongly 
bound  as  follows:  Ci,  C4,  Ca,  C2.  Three  leaves  of  early  manuscript  supplied  in 
place  of  two  leaves  lacking,  with  "Marmaduke  ffarrells"  on  back  of  last  leaf.  The 
Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  straight-grained  morocco, 
Garrick's  arms  on  back.     Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  33.  [576 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  7yi6x5%".  Title,  A2,  Ni,  N2,  in  facsimile;  M4 
mended;  most  leaves  tender  and  stained.  The  Dyce  (bequeathed,  1869)  copy. 
Bound  in  green  morocco.  [577 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  7x4  3,4".  Title,  A2,  Bi-Di,  I2,  I3,  Ki-N2  in 
facsimile.  Halliwell's  note:  "18  leaves  in  this  volume  are  original.  All  the  rest 
are  in  FS.  but  18  leaves  of  so  very  rare  an  edition  should  not  be  dispised."  The 
Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy.    Bound  in  half  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.     [578 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7x5  Yg".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines. 
The  Bindley  (February,  1819,  No.  2043),  Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  5472),  Daniel 
(July,  1864,  No.  1446),  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1200),  Cochran  (presented, 
December,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  purple  straight-grained  morocco,  elaborate  gilt 
tooling,  with  George  Daniel's  monogram  in  gilt  on  front  cover,  purple  morocco 
doublure  with  gilt  tooling.  [579 

FOLGER.  C2  mended  in  margin;  writing  on  title.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740, 
bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold, 
December,  1907)  copy.     Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [580 

FOLGER.  Lacking  Di-D4,  Ni,  N2.  The  Sotheby  (July  28,  1903,  No.  497)  copy. 
Unbound.  [581 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  5  %".  Few  headlines  cut  into;  scribbling  on  several 
pages.  "George  Steevens";  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1804";  note  on  verso 
title:  "This  copy  has  been  collated  with  another  printed  in  1630.  I  have  likew^ise  an 
edition  published  by  William  Leake  in  1655,  but  it  is  no  more  than  a  republication 
of  that  in  1630."  The  collation  is  in  red  ink.  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No. 
1287),  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and 
bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  375.  [582 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7x5  y^".  K2  and  K3  extended  on  outer  margin  ;  Mi-Ms 
mended  on  outer  margins.  Note  on  fly-leaf:  "June  1834.  From  Heber's  sale.  See 
Cat.  5472";  this  is  however  wrong  as  the  Heber  copy  (No.  5472)  is  now  in  the 
Elizabethan  Club.  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incorporated 
as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy.  Bound  in  purple 
morocco,  by  Clarke.  [583 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  %  x  5  %"•  Ii-N2  supplied  from 
smaller  copy.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf, 
with  other  old  plays.    Pressmark,  S.  27.  2.  [584 

WHITE.     7  YgxS  y^" .     Small  hole  in  upper  margin  of  some  leaves.     The  Perkins 

(July,    1889,   No.    1707)    copy.     Bound   in   red  morocco,  Perkins's  arms  in   gilt 

on  covers.  [585 

OTHELLO,   1630. 

The  I  Tragoedy  of  Othello,  |  The  Moore  of  Venice.  |  As  it  hath  beene 
diuerse  times  acted  at  the  |  Globe,  and  at  the  Black-Friers,  by  |  his  Maiesties 
Seruants.    |  Written  by  William  Shakespeare.    |   [White's  device]   |  Lon- 

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OTHELLO 

don,  I  Printed  by  A.  M.  for  Richard  Hawkins,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  |  his 
shoppe  in  Chancery-Lane,  neere  Sergeants-Inne.    |   1630. 

Second  edition.    A-M*  ;    total,  48  leaves.    Type-page,  6  ^2  x  4". 
Catchwords:    A2,  He;  Bi,  To;  Ci,  But;  Di,  You'd;  Ei,  Cos.;  Fi,  Boy;  Gi,  Then; 
Hi,  To;  li.  To;  Ki,  I;  U,  Enter;  Mi,  L 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7  %  X  5  ^g".  Wormhole  in  lower  margin  throughout,  injuring  some 
last  lines  of  text.  "2-6"  in  pencil  on  title.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy. 
Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  II.     Pressmark,  Malone,  33.  [586 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7  1/8x5^".  Probably  the  Jolley  (June,  1844,  No.  616) 
copy.  The  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound  in  maroon  straight-grained 
morocco,  by  Lewis.  [587 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7^x5^4".  Small  stain  on  title  and  A2.  "9466"  pasted 
on  inner  margin  of  title  at  foot.  The  King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy. 
Bound  in  half  morocco.    Pressmark,  C.  21.  g.  28.  [588 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  yg  x  5  ^o".  C4  lacking;  title  mutilated  at  foot  and  made 
up ;  As,  As,  lower  corner  made  up ;  G4,  Ms,  M4  stained ;  H2,  Hs  and  I4  soiled ; 
Is,  soiled  and  mended.  Probably  the  Pearson  (April,  1788,  No.  3954)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  morocco.     Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  34.  [589 

CLEMENS.  8x5%"-  Every  leaf  mended;  title  backed.  The  Quaritch  (sold, 
1889),  White  (sold,  1895)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by 
Zaehnsdorf.  '  [590 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [591 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  7  Vie  x  5  %"■  Outer  margin  of  title  extended  and  piece 
cut  out,  below  which  is  "1656",  written  lengthwise;  cropped  at  top,  injuring  many 
headlines.  Probably  the  Sotheby  (1856,  No.  257)  copy.  The  Dyce  (bequeathed, 
1869)  copy.    Bound  in  calf,  with  Hamlet,  1637.  [592 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  7  %(,  x  5  s/if/'-  Title  extended  on  all  margins 
but  foot,  "THE"  shaved  at  top;  duplicate  sheet  Bi  inserted.  Halliwell's  note:  "A 
leaf,  sig.  Bi  in  duplicate,  on  account  of  the  second  I  in  Holla,  p.  8,  1.  17,  being  nearly 
dropped.  It  was  no  doubt  quite  dropped  in  the  copy  used  by  the  reprinters  of  ed. 
1655,  which  reads  Ho  la,  a  curious  example  of  the  way  in  which  some  printers  errors 
arise."  The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy.  Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by 
Bedford.  [593 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7  ^4  x  5  %".  Title  mended  ;  A2,  As,  strengthened  on 
upper  margins;  Bs  has  ink  stain.  Huth  book-plate.  The  Huth  (November,  1911, 
No.  1201),  Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  green  straight- 
grained  morocco.  [594 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [595 

FOLGER.  C2,  Cs,  Mi-M4,  in  facsimile.  The  Sotheby  (May  25,  1905,  No.  645) 
copy.     Bound  in  half  russia.  [596 

HUNTINGTON.  6%x5^6"-  Leaves  stabbed  on  inner  margin  throughout. 
Locker  and  Church  book-plates.  Probably  the  Tite  (May,  1874,  No.  2763)  copy. 
The  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in 
green  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [597 

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HUNTINGTON.  7x4%".  Title,  A2-D4,  Fi-Fi,  Hi,  H4,  Ki-Ka,  Ls-Mi,  badly 
cropped  at  top;  scribbling  on  several  pages.  The  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914) 
copy.     Bound  in  crimson  morocco,  by  Birdsall.  [598 

JOHN  CARTER  BROWN  LIBRARY.  7  YiexS  %".  Acquired  prior  to  1871. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco.  [599 

MINER.  7  ^%6 '^  5  ^ /le"'  Title  extended  on  inner  margin  and  mended;  A2, 
A3,  extended  on  upper  inner  margin ;  M4  extended  on  margin.  Bound  in  dark 
blue  levant  morocco,  gilt  tooling,  white  satin  doublures,  by  Pratt.  [600 

MORGAN.  7  Ke  x  5  %".  The  Asay  (sold,  December,  1881 ),  Irwin  (sold,  March, 
1900)  copy.     Bound  in  boards,  roan  back,  arms  of  Kinnear  on  cover.  [601 

MURRAY.  7%6x5^4"'  C4  lacking;  title  stained ;  stabbed  throughout;  cropped 
at  top,  injuring  some  headlines;  M4  mended.  "S.  W.  H.  Ireland"  on  title;  "J. 
Mitford,  1819.  May  1819"  and  one  line  note  on  fly-leaf.  The  S.  Ireland  (May, 
1801),  Mitford  (April,  1860,  No.  3497)  copy.    Bound  in  half  roan.  [602 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  6  yg  x  5".  Title  mended;  fore  edge  of  A2  shaved; 
cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  Roxburghe  arms  on  verso  title.  The  Rox- 
burghe  (May,  1812,  No.  3867),  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incor- 
porated as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  1895)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
morocco,  by  Bedford.  [603 

RICHARDSON.  G^YxqxS".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  Book- 
plates of  E.  V.  Utterson  and  Sir  Robert  Comyn.  The  Utterson  (April,  1852,  No. 
1700),  Hart  (April,  1890,  No.  2206),  Comyn  (March  13,  1893)  copy.  Bound 
in  dark  blue  calf.  [604 

SHAKSPERE  SOCIETY  OF  PHILADELPHIA.  6  %  x  5".  Title,  A4,  Bi,  E2, 
and  portions  of  A2  and  As  lacking.  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  The 
Halliwell  (presented,  March,  1870)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco.  [605 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  %  x  5".  Outer  margins  cut  close 
occasionally  injuring  page  numbers.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy. 
Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  old  plays.    Pressmark,  S.  34.  5.  [606 

TROWBRIDGE.  6iyi6x4%"-  Title  mended  in  center  and  bottom  margin. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [607 

VALENTINE.  [608 

WHITE.  6  1%6  X  4  %".  Title  mended  and  extended  on  inner  margin  ;  A3  extended 
on  lower  inner  corner,  a  few  letters  in  facsimile;  Hi,  K4,  M4  mended  in  margins;  Ks 
mended,  some  letters  in  facsimile.  The  Pope  (sold,  June,  1895),  Dodd,  Mead  & 
Co.  (sold,  October,  1895)  copy.    Bound  in  green  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.     [609 


OTHELLO,   1655. 

The  I  Tragoedy  of  Othello,  |  The  Moore  of  Venice  |As  it  hath  beene 
divers  times  Acted  at  the  |  Globe,  and  at  the  Black-Friers,  by  |  his  Majesties 
Servants.  |  Written  by  William  Shakespeare.  |  The  fourth  Edition.  I 
[Ornament]  |  London,  |  Printed  for  William  Leak  at  the  Crown  in  Fleet-I 
street,  between  the  two  Temple  Gates,  1655. 

Third  edition.    A-M*;  total,  48  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  i%6"- 

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OTHELLO 

Catchwords:  A2,  He;  Bi,  To;  Ci,  Put;  Di,  You'd;  Ei,  Cos.;  Fi,  Boy.;  Gi,  Then; 
Hi,  To;   li,  To;   Ki,  I;   U,  Enter;   Mi,  L 

>f:  With  a  list  of  books,  "Printed  or  sold  by  William  Leake,"  on  the  last  page. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7x5^1".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  a  few  headlines.  "John  Baker, 
Devon  Sidmouth ;  Ex  Libris  Johis.  Webber,"  on  title.  Dr.  Philip  Bliss's  copy  with 
his  initial  "P"  before  the  "B"  signature  mark  on  Bi  and  "34"  after  it.  Purchased, 
1834.     Bound  in  calf.     Pressmark,  Malone  874.  [610 

BODLEIAN.  8x6".  Mi  lacking;  title  torn  in  lower  portion;  E4  and  H4  torn 
on  lower  outer  corner,  injuring  a  few  words;  side  and  foot  totally  uncut.  Manu- 
script list  of  Dramatis  Personae  on  verso  title.  The  Anthony  a  Wood  (bequeathed, 
1695),  Ashmolean  Museum  (transferred,  1861)  copy.  Bound  with  Dryden's 
"Religio  Laici"  and  others,  in  boards.     Pressmark,  Wood,  320.  [611 

BODLEIAN.  7%6x5%".  Ga  cropped  at  top.  Purchased,  1834.  Bound  in 
half  calf;    some  leaves  uncut  at  foot.     Pressmark,  Malone,  911.  [612 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7^x5  Yi".  Ci  mended  in  lower  corner;  cropped  at  top, 
injuring  some  headlines.  The  Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound  in  green 
morocco,  gilt  tooling,  some  lower  edges  uncut,  by  Lewis.  [613 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  TVxqxS  %"•  Cs  mended  at  foot.  "H.  Go  .pret.  -o-9d." 
on  title.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco, 
Garrick's  arms  on  back.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  35.  [614 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %  x  5  %".  Lower  corner  torn  off  Ei  and  E4 ;  M4  outer 
margin  strengthened;  soiled  and  stained.  The  King  George  III  (presented,  1823) 
copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco.     Pressmark,  C.  12.  h.  13.  [615 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [616 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  7  %  x  5  Mg"-  Title  mended  in  margin  ;  cropped 
at  top,  injuring  some  headlines;  many  leaves  uncut  at  foot.  Halliwell's  note: 
"Collated  with  the  Cambridge  edition,  19  March,  1870.  This  edition  is  distin- 
guished by  many  hideous  misprints.  J.  O.  H."  The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872) 
copy.    Bound  in  green  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [617 

ETON  COLLEGE.  lYxe'^^"-  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines;  stained. 
"5651"  on  title.  The  Storer  (bequeathed,  1799)  copy.  Bound  v^ith  other  plays  in 
Vol.  IV.  [618 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [619 

FOLGER.  Few  headlines  shaved.  The  Sotheby  (July  18,  1900,  No.  1209),  Jonas 
(sold.  May,  1903)  copy.    Unbound.  [620 

FURNESS.  7%x5%".  With  "Frances  Wolf reston  her  book"  on  A2 ;  book-plate 
of  J.  Kershaw.  The  Anderson  (Sotheby,  November,  1870,  No.  411),  Corser 
(February,  1871,  No.  411),  Kershaw  (July,  1877,  No.  1235)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
levant  morocco,  gilt  tooling,  many  leaves  uncut.  [621 

HUNTINGTON.  7  ^-lo''^".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  Church 
book-plate.  The  Sewall  (January,  1897,  No.  3436),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911) 
copy.     Bound  in  blue  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [622 

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MORGAN.  7  %  X  5  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines;  Hi  and  Hz 
extended  on  outer  margins,  a  few  letters  injured.  The  Halliwell  (sold,  1867),  Tite 
(May,  1874,  No.  2764),  Asay  (sold,  December,  1881),  Irwin  (sold,  March,  1900) 
copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  some  lower  edges  uncut,  by  Bedford.  [623 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7  %  x  5  ^/^^".  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855), 
Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy. 
Bound  in  purple  straight-grained  morocco,  some  lower  edges  uncut,  by  Clarke.     [624 

PERRY.  8x5  %".  M4  extended  on  upper  margin.  Book-plates  of  F.  A.  Marshall 
and  Sir  Henry  Irving;  inscription  signed  and  dated,  July  26,  1879,  F.  A.  Marshall 
to  Henry  Irving.  The  Sotheby  (May  24,  1856,  No.  357),  Marshall  (presented, 
July,  1879),  Irving  (December,  1905,  No.  373)  copy.  Bound  in  green  levant 
morocco,  uncut,  by  De  Coverly.  [625 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  1/8x5".  Capell  book-plate  on  verso 
title;  stamp  on  verso  M4.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in 
brown  calf,  with  other  old  plays.    Pressmark,  R.  22.  1.  [626 

WHITE.  7^4x5  %".  M4  lacking;  title  mended  in  margins  and  stained;  M2 
and  Ms  extended  in  outer  margins.  "L.  T[heobald]"  on  title;  signed  note  by 
Halliwell  on  fly-leaf;  book-plate  of  W.  Harrison,  Samlesbury  Hall.  The  Theobald 
(sold,  1767),  Harrison  (January,  1881,  No.  936),  Lamb  (February,  1898,  No. 
1099),  Libbie  (December,  1898,  No.  474)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco.  [627 


OTHELLO,   1 68 1. 

Othello,  I  The  |  Moor  of  Venice.  |  A  |  Tragedy,  |  As  it  hath  been  divers 
times  acted  at  the  Globe,  |  and  at  the  Black-Friers:  |  And  now  at  the  | 
Theater  Royal,  |  By  |  His  Majesties  Servants.  |  Written  by  William 
Shakespear.  |  [Ornament]  |  London,  |  Printed  for  W.  Weak,  and  are  to 
be  sold  by  Richard  Bent-|ley  and  M.  Magnes  in  Russel  Street  near  Covent-j 
Garden,  1681. 

Fourth  edition.    A^;   B-K*;   U\   total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  8  x  4  n/ie". 
Catchwords:      A2,    Dram-;    Bi,   Rad.;   Ci,    You;    Di,    Lieutenant;    Ei,    King;   Fi, 
Enter;  Gi,  0th.;   Hi,  Actus;   li,  Patience;   Ki,  Cas.;   Li,  So. 

COPIES. 

ADLER.     8  1^  X  6  %".    Ai-Ds  lacking.    L2  mended.    Bound  in  boards.  [628 

BIRMINGHAM.  8  %fi  x  6  ^g"-  Title  extended  on  inner  margin.  Book-plate  of 
William  Staunton  of  Longbridge  in  Warwickshire.  Purchased,  1879.  Bound  in 
half  calf.  [629 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  8  i/ix6%".  The  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound 
in  half  brown  morocco.  [630 

BRITWELL  LIBRARY.     8  Va  x  6  %".    Unbound.  [631 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [632 

FURNESS.     8  %6  x  6  Vo".    Acquired  prior  to  1880.    Bound  in  half  leather.        [633 
KINGSLEY.     8  %  X  6  %".     Gi  lacking.     Bound  in  half  red  straight-grained  mo- 
rocco, original  paper  covers  bound  in.  [634 

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OTHELLO 

LINCOLN  COLLEGE,  OXFORD.  8  i^  x  6  %".  Last  leaf  torn.  Bound  with 
"Hamlet,"  1676,  in  brown  leather.    Pressmark,  Q.  v.  1.  (2).  [635 

PERRY.  8%x6%".  Book-plate  of  Sir  William  Horton,  Chaderton.  Bound  in 
old  half  calf,  with  other  plays.  [636 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN.  8yiox6%".  Foxed.  The  Anderson  ( Octo- 
ber 27,  1911,  No.  135)  copy.    Unbound.  [637 

WHITE.  8%x6y2"-  Purchased,  March,  1892.  Bound  in  half  red  levant 
morocco.  [638 

OTHELLO,   1687. 

Othello,  I  The  |  Moor  of  Venice.  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  As  it  hath  been  divers 
times  Acted  at  the  |  Globe,  and  at  the  Blaclc-Friers:  |  And  now  at  the  | 
Theatre  Royal,  |  by  |  His  Majesties  Servants.  |  W^ritten  by  William  Shalce- 
spear.  |  London,  |  Printed  for  Richard  Bentley  and  S.  Magnes  in  Russel- 
Street  near  |  Covent-Garden,  1687. 

Fifth  edition.    2  leaves  without  signatures;   B-K*;   L^;   total,  40  leaves.    Type-page, 

7%x4i%6". 
Catchwords:    A2,  Dram-;  Bi,  Rod.;  Ci,  You;  Di,  Lieutenant;  Ei,  King;  Fi,  Enter; 

Gi,  Oth.;  Hi,  {Exeunt.  \  Actus;  li.  Patience;  Ki,  Cos.;  Li,  So. 

COPIES. 

BIRMINGHAM.  8  14  x  6  ^g".  The  R.  Smith  (sold,  1881 )  copy.  Bound  in  half 
morocco,  by  Hawkins,  Birmingham.  [639 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  8%6x6'^6"-  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  some  catchwords. 
The  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  half  calf.  [640 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  8  %  x  6  14".  Title  backed  and  mended;  Fa  torn;  Li  and 
L2  mended  ;  some  leaves  uncut  at  foot.  Probably  the  Marsh  (May,  1882,  No.  2421 ) 
copy.    Bound  with  other  plays  in  half  calf.    Pressmark,  841.  c.  22.  [641 

FOLGER.  The  Halliwell  Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  120),  Perry  (sold, 
March,  1907)  copy.     Bound  in  half  brown  morocco.  [642 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  8716x61/2".  The  Duyckinck  (presented,  1878)  copy. 
Bound  with  collection  of  plays.  [643 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN.  8%6x6%".  The  Sotheran  (sold,  1893) 
copy.    Bound  in  half  green  calf.  [644 

WHITE.     8  %  X  6  Yi".    Purchased,  April,  1903.    Bound  in  calf.  [645 


OTHELLO,   1695. 

Othello,  I  The  |  Moor  of  Venice.  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  As  it  hath  been  diVers 
times  Acted  at  the  |  Globe,  and  at  the  Black-Friers:  |  and  now  at  the  | 
Theatre  Royal,  |  by  |  His  Majesties  Servants.  |  Written  by  William  Shake- 
spear.  I  London,  |  Printed  for  Richard  Bentley,  in  Russel-Street  near  | 
Covent-Garden,  1695. 

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Sixth  edition.    2  leaves  without  signatures;   B-K*;   L^;    total,  40  leaves.    Type-page, 

7%x4%".  _ 
Catchwords:    Bi,  Rod.;  Ci,  You;   Di,  Lieutenant;   Ei,  King;   Fi,  Enter;   Gi,  0th.; 

Hi,  Actus;  li.  Patience;  Ki,  Cos.;  Li,  So. 

COPIES. 

BIRMINGHAM.  i%-x.6YW'.  Some  headlines  cropped.  Purchased  in  1871. 
Bound  in  half  calf.  [646 

BODLEIAN.  8ii/i6x6  3/i6"-  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  "OTHELLO"  on  title 
and  headline  of  B4.  Purchased,  1866.  Bound  with  Othello,  1705,  in  half  calf,  some 
lower  edges  uncut.    Pressmark,  Malone,  961.  [647 

BOSTON  ATHENAEUM.  8%6x6y2".  Purchased,  1896.  Bound  with  other 
plays.  [648 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  8  %  x  6  l^".  Badly  foxed;  cropped  at  top,  injuring  some 
headlines.  Probably  the  Jolley  (June,  1844,  No.  615)  copy.  The  Barton  (sold, 
May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  half  calf.  [649 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  8»/i6x6%".  K3  mended  in  lower  margin ;  foxed.  "1703. 
The  21  of  May  Fryday"  on  title;  notes  on  fly-leaves  by  previous  owner  dated  July 
1,  1703.    Bound  in  cloth,  with  other  plays.    Pressmark,  841.  c.  8.  [650 

CLAWSON.  8  %  x6  %".  With  manuscript  notes  said  to  be  by  Alexander  Pope. 
Purchased  by  G.  D.  Smith  in  London,  1914,  and  resold  in  1915.  Unbound  and 
uncut.  [650* 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [651 

FURNESS.  8%x6%".  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  some  leaves;  Ks  torn,  a  few 
words  lacking.    Acquired  prior  to  1880.    Bound  in  half  morocco,  lower  edges  uncut. 

[652 

HARVARD  UNIVERSITY.  8%x6  3X6".  The  Lamb  (February,  1898,  No. 
1104)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco,  lower  edges  uncut,  January,  1899.  [653 

HUNTINGTON.  8%x6%6".  The  Griswold  (sold,  August,  1889),  Hoe 
(January,  1912,  No.  3039)  copy.  Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  with  Griswold's 
arms  on  sides,  by  Bedford.  [654 

PERRY.  8  %  x6  %".  Book-plate  of  F.  A.  Marshall.  The  Marshall  (June,  1890, 
No.  1171)  copy.    Interleaved  and  bound  in  boards,  leather  back.  [655 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN.  8%6x6%".  Somewhat  stained.  The  Soth- 
eran  (sold,  1897)  copy.    Bound  in  boards.  [656 

WHITE.  8%6x6%".  The  Genest  (sold,  1815),  Pickering  (sold,  March  26, 
1898)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco,  by  Walters,  1912,  for  Mr.  White.  [657 

WHITE.     8  %  x  6  Yi".    Somewhat  foxed.    Bound  in  half  morocco.  [658 


OTHELLO,   1705. 

Othello,  I  The  |  Moor  of  Venice.  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  As  it  hath  been  divers 
times  Acted  at  the  |  Globe,  and  at  the  Black-Friers:  |  And  now  at  the  | 
Theatre  Royal,  |  By  |  Her  Majesties  Servants.    |  Written  by  W.  Shake- 

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OTHELLO 

spear.  J  London :  |  Printed  for  R.  Wellington,  at  the  Dolphin  and  Crown, 
at  the  West-End  |  of  St.  Paul's  Church-Yard.  1705.  [9  lines  of  advertise- 
ments]. 

Seventh  edition.  Title  and  list  of  plays  with  Dramatis  Personae  on  verso,  2  leaves; 
B-K^;   L-;   total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  8  x  5  1/4". 

Catchwords:  Bi,'Tis;_Ci,  Hath;  Di,  For;  Ei,  M on.;  Fi,  Oth.;  Gi,  As;  Hi,  This; 
li,  Em.;  Ki,  Jag.;  Li,  Lod. 

COPIES. 

BIRMINGHAM.  8  3/4x6  5/8"-  The  Grant  (sold,  1898)  copy.  Bound  in  cloth, 
August,  1898.  [659 

BODLEIAN.  8%x6%6"-  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  headlines  on  E4,  Gi,  G4, 
H2,  li,  I4,  Ki.  Purchased,  1866.  Bound  with  Othello,  1695,  in  half  calf.  Press- 
mark, Malone,  961.  [660 

BOSTON  ATHENAEUM.  8  y^  x6  i/>".  Purchased  prior  to  1870.  Bound  with 
collection  of  old  plays.  [661 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  8  %  x  6  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  With 
"Geo.  Bromley,  Theatre  Royal,  Norwich,  1814"  and  "Jermyn  Bond"  on  title.  The 
Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  with  collection  of  late  Shakespeare  plays. 

[662 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  8  %6  x  6  %".  Bound  with  Hamlet,  1703,  and  other  plays, 
in  old  calf.    Pressmark,  841.  c.  3.  [663 

BROOKS.  8  %  X  6  %".  Probably  the  [Jonas]  Sotheby  (March  17,  1911,  No.  521 ) 
copy.  Purchased,  1911.  Bound  in  calf,  gilt  edges  on  the  rough,  by  Ramage  for  Mr. 
Brooks.  [664 

FOLGER.  The  Warwick  copy.  [665 

MORGAN.  8%x6%".  The  Invin  (sold,  March,  1900)  copy.  Bound  in  half 
levant  morocco.  [666 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  81/0x6716".  The  Sotheby  (August,  1857,  No.  482), 
Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy. 
Bound  in  olive  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [667 

PERRY.  8  1/  X  6  1/0".  The  Marshall  (June,  1890,  No.  1171)  copy.  Bound  in  half 
calf.  [668 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN.  8Kgx6  5/ic".  Slightly  foxed.  The  Harris 
(April,  1883,  No.  1617)  copy.    Bound  in  half  morocco.  [669 

WHEATLEY.  8  %  x  6  %".  Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  with  device  of  H.  B. 
Wheatley  on  covers,  by  Riviere.  [670 

WRENN,  Estate  of  J.  H.  80/16x61/2".  Purchased,  July  27,  1905.  Bound  in 
polished  calf,  by  Riviere.  [671 


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RICHARD   11. 


RICHARD  II,   1597. 

The  I  Tragedie  of  King  Ri-|chard  the  se-|cond.  |  As  it  hath  beene 
publikely  acted  |  by  the  right  Honourable  the  |  Lorde  Chamberlaine  his 
Ser-|uants.  |  [Simmes's  device]  |  London  |  Printed  by  Valentine  Simmes 
for  Androw  Wise,  and  |  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  in  Paules  church  yard 
at  I  the  signe  of  the  Angel.   |  1 597. 

First  edition.    A-I*;   K^;   total,  38  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %6  x  3  %g"- 
Catchwords:    A2,  Mow;  Bi,  what;  Ci,  Exit.  \  Au-;  Di,  The;  Ei,  But;  Fi,  To;  Gi, 
Till;  Hi,  Bull.;  li,  I;  Ki,  Our. 

COPIES. 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6i%6x5".  B4  mended  in  outer  margin;  G2  torn  across 
and  carelessly  mended.  "25,  By  W.  Shakespear,  df",  all  on  title  in  old  hands; 
George  Daniel's  copy  with  long  note  w^ritten  in  1847  for  which  see  introduction; 
Huth  book-plate  and  Huth  Bequest  stamp.  The  Daniel  (July,  1864,  No.  1425), 
Huth  (bequeathed,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  crimson  morocco  with  "G.  D." 
on  covers,  by  Lewis.    Pressmark,  Huth,  46.  [672 

HUNTINGTON.  6%x4i%6"-  A4  cropped  at  foot,  one  line  replaced  in  manu- 
script. "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1792".  The  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devon- 
shire (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.     Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  120. 

[673 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  6  %  x4  %".  Ki  cropped  at  top,  injur- 
ing headline.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf, 
with  other  old  plays.    Pressmark,  S.  35.  4.  [674 


RICHARD  II,  1598. 

The  I  Tragedie  of  King  Ri-|chard  the  second.  |  As  it  hath  beene  pub- 
likely  acted  by  the  Right  Ho-|nourabIe  the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his  |  ser- 
uants.  I  By  William  Shake-speare.  |  [Simmes's  device]  |  London  |  Printed 
by  Valentine  Simmes  for  Andrew  Wise,  and  |  are  to  be  sold  at  his  shop  in 
Paules  churchyard  at  |  the  signe  of  the  Angel.   |  1598. 

Second  edition.    A-P;   total,  36  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %c  x  3  %". 

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Catchwords:  Az,  Mow,;  Bi,  An;  Ci,  BuL;  Di,  Oh;  Ei,  What;  Fi,  Then;  Gi, 
You;   m.  Abbot.;  li,  This. 

*Of  the  two  editions  of  1598  this  one  which  has  no  commas  after  "Simmes"  and 
"Churchyard"  and  no  "e"  at  the  end  of  "sold"  is  the  earlier. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  6%x4%".  Title  stained,  with  three  rows  of  printer's  ornaments 
cut  from  some  other  book  pasted  on  upper  margin ;  A2-I3  also  stained  ;  F3  has  small 
hole;  G3  torn,  injuring  last  11  lines.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid 
and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  VII.    Pressmark,  Malone,  38.  [675 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7  y^  x  5  %q".  Bi-B4,  G4,  Hi,  are  extended  on  upper  margins ; 
a  few  lower  margins  uncut.  The  Bright  (March,  1845,  No.  5099),  Barton  (sold, 
May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  vellum.  [676 

BRIDGEWATER  HOUSE.  7  %6x5  i/g"-  Acquired  prior  to  1649  when  it  was 
catalogued  by  John,  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater.  Bound  in  green  morocco,  with 
arms  of  the  Marquis  of  Stafford  on  covers,  by  Murton.  [677 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  %  x  5".  Title  mended,  cropped  at  top,  injuring  top  of 
"THE";  Hi,  H2,  I4,  mended;  WTiting  on  Hi.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January, 
1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  sides.  Pressmark,  C.  34. 
k.  42.  [678 

FOLGER.  6  %  X  4  %".  Title,  A2,  As,  and  I4  slightly  mended ;  cropped  on  fore 
edge,  injuring  some  side  notes.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773, 
to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold,  December,  1907)  copy. 
Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [679 

FOLGER.  Lacking  B2-B4,  G4,  Hi.  Book-plate  of  J.  F.  Marsh.  The  Heber  (June, 
1834,  No.  5453),  Rodd  (sold,  1837,  No.  4165),  Marsh  (May,  1882,  No.  2415), 
Kalbfleisch  (sold,  c.  1900)  copy.    Bound  in  old  red  straight-grained  morocco.     [680 

HUNTINGTON.  7x5".  Part  of  first  word  of  title  in  facsimile ;  H4,  Is,  and  I4 
are  extended  on  outer  margins  and  have  some  letters  in  facsimile;  stabbed  on 
inner  margin  throughout  and  mended.  "Geo.  Steevens"  and  Roxburghe  arms  on 
title;  signed  note  by  W.  Tite  on  last  fly-leaf.  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No. 
1290),  Roxburghe  (May,  1812,  No.  3829),  Daniel  (July,  1864,  No.  1426),  Tite 
(June,  1874,  No.  2772),  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911) 
copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [681 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  14x5%".  The  Capell  (presented, 
June,  1779)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  old  plays.    Pressmark,  R.  22.  5. 

[682 


RICHARD  II,  1598. 

The  I  Tragedie  of  King  Ri-|chard  the  second.  |  As  it  hath  beene  pub- 
hkely  acted  by  the  Right  Ho-|nourable  the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his  |  ser- 
uants.  I  By  William  Shake-speare.  |  [Simmes's  device]  |  London  |  Printed 
by  Valentine  Simmes,  for  Andrew  Wise,  and  |  are  to  be  solde  at  his  shop 
in  Paules  churchyard,  at  |  the  signe  of  the  Angel.   |  1598. 

Third  edition.    A-P;   total,  36  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %6  x  3  %". 

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RICHARD  II 

Catchwords:  As,  Mow.;  Bi,  An;  Ci,  BuL;  Di,  Oh;  Ei,  What;  Fi,  Then;  Gi, 
You ;   Hi,  Abbot.;  li.  This. 

COPY. 

WHITE.  7  YiG  X  5  %".  Stamp  of  WiHiams  Library,  Cheltenham,  on  front  flv-leaf. 
The  Williams,  Trye  (sold,  January  21,  1890),  Quaritch  (sold,  February  9,  1890) 
copy.    Bound  in  half  calf.  [683 


RICHARD  II,   i6o8. 

The  I  Tragedie  of  King  |  Richard  the  second.  |  As  It  hath  been  publikely 
acted  by  the  Right  |  Honourable  the  Lord  Chamberlaine  |  his  seruantes.  | 
By  William  Shake-speare.  |  [Device]  |  London,  |  Printed  by  W.  W.  for 
Mathew  Law,  and  are  to  be  |  sold  at  his  shop  in  Paules  Church-yard,  at  | 
the  signe  of  the  Foxe.    |  i6o8. 

Fourth    edition,    earlier    title.      A-K*;    total,    40    leaves.      K4    blank.      Type-page, 

6%x3%". 
Catchwords:     A2,  Mow.;  Bi,  An;  Ci,  Bui;  Di,   Oh;   Ei,  What;   Fi,  Then;  Gi, 

You;  Hi,  Oh;  li.  Where;  Ki,  And. 

:(:  Copies  of  this  edition  differ  only  in  title. 

COPIES. 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  e^Yi^xS".  K4  blank  and  genuine.  Title,  A2-A4,  cut  close 
to  outer  margin ;  rest  of  book  cut  close  to  sewing ;  lower  corner  of  Bi  restored ;  Bs 
stained.  "Thos.  Jolley,  1809"  and  his  book-plate.  The  Jolley  (June,  1844,  No. 
589)  copy,  purchased,  January  16,  1845.  Bound  in  red  morocco.  Pressmark, 
C.  34.  k.  43.  [684 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  6^/^x5  Yie".  K*  blank  and  genuine.  Somewhat 
stained.  Huth  book-plate.  The  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1194),  Cochran 
(presented,  December,  1911)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.    [685 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  4  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  Locker 
and  Church  book-plates.  The  [Halliwell]  Sotheby  (May,  1857,  No.  876),  Tite 
(June,  1874,  No.  2773),  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911) 
copy.     Bound  in  brown  straight-grained  morocco.  [686 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  4  %".  Cropped  at  top  and  bottom,  injuring  a  few  head- 
lines and  catchwords.  "George  Steevcns" ;  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1804"; 
scribbling  at  end.  The  Bowie  (January  19,  1790),  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No. 
1291),  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and 
bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  375.  [687 


RICHARD  II,  1608. 

The  I  Tragedie  of  King  |  Richard  the  Second:  |  With  new  additions  of 
the  Parlia-|ment  Sceane,  and  the  deposing  |  of  King  Richard,  |  As  it  hath 
been  lately  acted  by  the  Kinges  |  Maiesties  seruantes,  at  the  Globe.    |  By 

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William  Shake-speare.  |  [Device]  |  At  London,  |  Printed  by  W.  W.  for 
Mathew  Law,  and  are  to  |  be  sold  at  his  shop  in  Paules  Church-yard,  |  at 
the  signe  of  the  Foxe,  |  1608. 

Fourth  edition,  later  title. 

*This  differs  from  the  preceding  only  in  the  title. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7x4  %".  Cropped  close  to  imprint  on  outer  margin.  Malone's  note 
facing  title:  "This  is  the  third  edition;  but  the  first  in  which  the  Scene  of  the  depo- 
sition of  King  Richard  was  printed.  The  folio,  1623,  was  printed  from  this  copy  of 
1608.  The  copy  of  King  Richard  II  (collated  with  the  first  edition  of  1597,  and 
the  variations  are  set  down  in  the  margins  E.  M.  The  title  of  the  original  edition 
is  as  follows  (etc).  Mr.  Kemble  has  a  copy  of  this  play  printed  in  1608;  on  the 
titlepage  of  which  no  mention  is  made  of  the  additional  scene,  though  found  there ; 
and  it  is  the  same  edition  with  merely  that  variation  in  the  titlepage.  The  words 
were  probably  thought  offensive  by  Mr.  Tylney,  the  Master  of  the  Revels,  and 
ordered  to  be  omitted."  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound 
with  other  plaj's  in  Vol.  V.    Pressmark,  Malone,  36.  [688 


RICHARD  II,    1608. 
Issue  Uncertain. 

COPIES. 

CRICHTON  STUART.     Lacking  title  and  last  leaf.  [689 

PERRY.  6  %  X  4  %".  Lacking  title  and  A4.  The  [Carrington]  Sotheby  (July, 
1905,  No.  380)  copy.    Bound  in  boards.  [690 

WHITE.  7%6x5%"-  Lacking  title;  A2  mended  on  margin;  A4  extended 
on  inner  margin;  Cs  and  C4  on  upper  margins.  Probably  the  Rhodes  (April,  1825, 
No.  2078)  copy.  The  Perkins  (July,  1889,  No.  1701)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
morocco,  Perkins's  arms  in  gilt  on  covers.  [691 


RICHARD  II,  1615. 

The  I  Tragedie  of  King  |  Richard  the  Se-|cond:  |  With  new  additions  of 
the  Parliament  Sceane,  |  and  the  deposing  of  King  |  Richard.  |  As  it  hath 
been  lately  acted  by  the  Kinges  |  Maiesties  seruants,  at  the  Globe.  |  By 
William  Shake-speare.  |  [Ornament]  |  At  London,  |  Printed  for  Mathew 
Law,  and  are  to  be  sold  |  at  his  shop  in  Paules  Church-yard,  at  the  [  signe 
of  the  Foxe.   |  1615. 

Fifth  edition.    A-P;   K^;   total,  39  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  Vo". 
Catchwords:    A2,  Mow.;  Bi,  An;  Ci,  BuL;  Di,  Oh;  Ei,  What;  Fi,  Then;  Gi,  You; 

Hi,  Oh;  li,  Where ;Ki,  And. 

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COPIES. 


BODLEIAN.  7x4%".  Note  by  Malone:  "D4.  York.  Should  I  do  so,  I  should 
bely  my  thought.  This  line  is  wanting  in  the  folio.  This  therefore  was  probably 
not  the  copy  the  editor  printed  from.  M."  Portrait  of  Richard  II,  by  R.  Elstrack 
"to  be  sold  by  Compton  Holland"  (probably  from  the  Basiliologia),  inserted  facing 
title.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in 
Vol.  I.    Pressmark,  Malone,  32.  [692 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  6iyi6x4%".  Title  mended;  cropped  at  top,  injuring 
some  headlines.  The  Jadis  (March,  1828,  No.  157),  Rodd  (sold,  1842),  Barton 
(sold.  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  dark  green  straight-grained  morocco,  by  Lewis. 

[693 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6%x5".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  most  headlines;  two 
large  holes  in  Bi  clumsily  mended.  "John  Bancroft"  on  title;  writing  on  H2-H4. 
The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  Garrick's 
arms  on  back.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  44.  [694 

CLAWSON.  6  ^^g  x4%".  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  some  signatures.  Hoe  book- 
plate. The  Pope  (sold,  June,  1895),  Hoe  (April,  1911,  No.  2974),  G.  D.  Smith 
(sold,  1915)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  levant  morocco,  with  brown  levant  doublure, 
brown  silk  fly-leaves,  by  Riviere.  [695 

CRICHTON  STUART.    The  Steevens  copy.  [696 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  6  is/ie  x  5  Ke".  F3  in  facsimile ;  Ki  extended  in 
lower  corners.  The  Windus  (March,  1868,  No.  909),  Halliwell  (presented,  1872) 
copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco.  [697 

FOLGER.  The  Gott  (sold  through  Sotheran,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco, 
by  Lewis.  [698 

FOLGER.  Thick  paper.  The  Halliwell  (June,  1859,  No.  339),  Tite  (May,  1874, 
No.  2774)  copy.     Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [699 

HUNTINGTON.  6  i^e  x  4  %".  "George  Steevens"  on  title  and  his  manuscript 
notes  in  book;  Roxburghe  arms  on  verso  title;  signature  of  J.  F.  Marsh;  Locker  and 
Church  book-plates.  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1292),  Roxburghe  (May, 
1812,  No.  3830),  Marsh  (May,  1882,  No.  2416),  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905), 
Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.    Bound  in  half  red  calf.  [700 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  4".  Badly  cropped  at  top  and  foot,  injuring  some  head- 
lines, catchwords  and  signatures;  title  stained.  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K. 
1802";  "An  Bosvil";  Remains  of  a  number  "?077"  at  top  of  title.  The  Kemble 
(sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in 
crimson  levant  morocco,  by  Birdsall.  [701 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7x4%"-  Title  mended.  "Jo.  Ffowle,  1675.  Nulla 
dies  linea  J.  flow."  on  B2,  in  old  handwriting.  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December, 
1855),  Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  1895) 
copy.    Bound  in  brown  levant  morocco,  with  Kinnear  arms  in  gilt  on  sides.        [702 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  1,4  x  5  y^".  Title  and  f^rst  page  of 
text  collated  in  red  by  Capell  with  the  1608  edition;  other  corrections  throughout 
but  probably  not  exhaustive.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in 
brown  calf,  with  other  old  plays.    Pressmark,  R.  19.  2.  [703 

WHITE.  6  %  x5  ^e"-  K2  and  Ks  lacking  and  replaced  in  manuscript;  title  torn 
in  margin.    The  Sotheby  (July  13,  1908,  No.  89)  copy.    Unbound.  [704 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 

RICHARD  II,  1634. 

The  I  Life  and  |  Death  of  King  |  Richard  the  |  Second.  [  With  new  Addi- 
tions of  the  I  Parliament  Scene,  and  the  |  Deposing  of  King  Richard.  As 
it  hath  beene  acted  by  the  Kings  Majesties  |  Servants,  at  the  Globe.  By 
William  Shakespeare.  |  [Ornament]  |  London,  |  Printed  by  lohn  Norton.  | 
1634. 

Sixth  edition.    A-K*;   total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  6yox3  %6"- 
Catchwords:     A2,  Enter;  Bi,  Thou;   Ci,   BuL;   Di,    I;  Ei,  Percy;  Fi,   The;  Gi, 

Speake;   Hi,  Car.;   li,  And;  Ki,  His. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  6  %  X  4  %".  C4,  E2,  E3,  E4  torn,  injuring  some  words;  cropped 
at  top,  injuring  some  headlines;  several  stains.  Purchased,  1830.  Bound  in  calf. 
Pressmark,  Malone,  877.  [705 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7^6x5  Me"-  Slightly  stained;  title  extended  on  inner 
and  lower  margins  and  mended ;  K4  mended  and  extended  on  all  margins  except 
foot.  "Thos.  Jolley,  1809"  on  fly-leaf  and  his  book-plate.  The  Jolley  (June,  1844, 
No.  591),  Burton  (October,  1860,  No.  4615),  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy. 
Bound  in  half  leather.  [706 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  by^x^^A".  Title  mended;  either  headlines  or  catch- 
words cut  into  on  many  leaves ;  small  holes  in  Fs.  A2  verso,  beginnings  of  eight 
lines  inked  over  by  hand.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  back.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  45.  [707 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6%x4%".  Title,  A2-A4  lacking;  cropped  throughout, 
injuring  headlines;  Bi  mended;  C4,  H2,  K2,  Ks,  mended  in  margins;  text  of  sheet 
A  supplied  in  six  leaves.  The  King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Bound  in 
half  morocco.     Pressmark,  C.  12.  g.  19.  [708 

BRITWELL  LIBRARY.  8  yg  x  5  %".  With  five  old  signatures  on  title ;  "frances 
wolfreston  her  book"  on  A2;  manuscript  note  by  W.  Tite:  "This  copy  of  Shake- 
speare's play,  of  Richd.  the  2d.  was  bought  by  me  at  Messrs  Sotheby  &  Wilkinsons 
at  a  sale  24  May  1856  of  which  I  preserve  the  Catalogue  (oddly  enough  misprinted 
1586).  The  Play  is  in  the  state  in  which  they  were  sold  for  1/  at  the  time.  I 
gave  £13.  13.  0.  &  I  chose  it  as  being  the  best  of  several  in  the  same  plight,  it  was 
Lot  353  of  this  sale.  W.  Tite."  The  Sotheby  (May  24,  1856,  No.  353),  Tite 
(May,  1874,  No.  2775)  copy.    Uncut,  unbound.  [709 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [710 

DODD.  7  %  X  5  %".  Some  margins  stained.  Bound  in  wine  colored  levant  mo- 
rocco, by  Riviere.  [711 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  7  %x5  %".  A3,  A4,  B3,  Cs,  C4,  Ds,  D4,  E3,  E4,  F3, 
F4,  Gs,  G4,  Hs,  H4,  extended  on  outer  margin  about  1  %";  title  browned. 
"C.  P.    A.  Dyce".    The  Dyce  (bequeathed,  1869)  copy.    Bound  in  calf.  [712 

ETON  COLLEGE.  7^6x5%".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines. 
"5652"  on  title.  The  Storer  (bequeathed,  1799)  copy.  Bound  with  Taming  of 
the  Shrew,  1631,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  IV.  [713 

FOLGER.  The  Halliwell  Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  13),  Perry  (sold, 
March,  1907)  copy.    Bound  in  olive  morocco.  [714 

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RICHARD  II 

FOLGER.    The  Jonas  (sold,  May,  1903)  copy.     Bound  in  morocco,  by  Riviere. 

[715 

HUNTERIAN  MUSEUM,  GLASGOW.  Size  not  given.  Top  slightly  cropped, 
stained  in  parts.    Bound  with  books  by  other  authors.    Pressmark,  Co.  3.  31.     [716 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  5".  Long  note  in  faded  ink  signed  "Jos.  Edgerton"  on 
verso  title;  Church  book-plate.  The  Sevi'all  (January,  1897,  No.  3433),  Church 
(sold,  April,  1911)  copy.     Bound  in  brown  levant  morocco,  by  Hammond.       [717 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  6'^^^^^^  Vie"-  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  one  or  two 
headlines.  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox 
Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  1895)  copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford. 

[718 

QUARITCH.  7%x5^i6".  Title  mended  in  lower  corner,  date  in  facsimile; 
headlines  shaved.  Probably  the  Utterson  (April,  1852,  No.  1701),  Corser  (Feb- 
ruary, 1871,  No.  413),  Kershaw  (July,  1877,  No.  1238)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [719 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  i/g  x  5  %".  The  Capell  (presented, 
June,  1779)  copy.    Bound  with  other  old  plays.    Pressmark,  R.  20.  5.  [720 

WHITE.  6  ^^16  X  4  %".  Cropped  top  and  foot,  injuring  some  headlines  and  signa- 
tures; stained  in  first  part;  holes  in  margin  of  title.  The  Lamb  (February,  1898, 
No.  1095)  copy.     Bound  in  calf.  [721 


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RICHARD   III. 


RICHARD  III,   1597. 

[Ornament]  The  Tragedy  of  |  King  Richard  the  third.  |  Containing,  | 
His  treacherous  Plots  against  his  brother  Clarence:  |  the  pittiefull  murther 
of  his  iunocent  nephewes:  |  his  tyrannicall  vsurpation:  with  the  whole 
course  |  of  his  detested  life,  and  most  deserued  death.  |  As  it  hath  beene 
lately  Acted  by  the  |  Right  honourable  the  Lord  Chambe-|laine  his  ser- 
uants.  I  [Ornament]  |  At  London  |  ^Printed  by  Valentine  Sims,  for 
Andrew  Wise,  |  dwelling  in  Paules  Chuch-yard,  at  the  |  Signe  of  the 
Angell.   I  1597. 

First  edition.    A-M*;  total,  48  leaves.    M4  blank.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:    A2,  I  am;  Bi,  La.;  Ci,  Glo.;  Di,  He;  Ei,  Enter;  Fi,  Then;  Gi,  Who; 
Hi,  When;   \\,King.;  Ki,  bloudie;   Li,  These;   Mi,  Me. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  6  %  X  4  %".  Ci,  C2,  D4,  L4,  Mi,  M2,  Ms,  lacking  and  are  supph'ed 
from  the  edition  of  1598;  cropped  at  top,  injuring  headlines  on  As,  HI-H3,  li;  C4, 
Li-Ls,  mended ;  B4,  K4,  Li,  stained ;  portrait  of  Lord  Hunsdon  inserted  to  face  A2. 
Malone's  note:  "This  copy  of  the  original  edition  of  King  Richard  III  was  imperfect, 
when  I  purchased  it,  wanting  Signat.  Ci  and  2,  D4,  L4,  Mi,  2  &  3.  These  seven  leaves 
I  have  supplied  from  a  later  copy  (that  of  1598)  and  have  collated  with  the  edition 
of  1597.  The  variations  are  set  down  in  the  margins.  It  is  remarkable  that  the  name 
of  the  author  does  not  appear  on  the  title-page,  a  presumptive  proof  that  he  had  not 
in  1597  arrived  to  so  high  reputation  as  he  undoubtedly  afterwards  acquired.  Mr. 
Penn  Ashton  Curzon  and  Mr.  Kemble  are  possessed  of  copies  of  this  original  edition 
of  this  play.  I  know  of  no  other  except  that  in  this  volume."  The  Malone  (pre- 
sented, 1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  tree  calf,  "E.  M."  on  covers,  with  other 
plays  in  Vol.  VI  of  the  collection.    Pressmark,  Malone,  37.  [722 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  %  x  5  i/io".  Bi,  B4,  some  places  in  inner  margin  made 
good;  As  small  rust  hole  mended;  K2,  Ks  cropped  at  top,  injuring  headlines.  Huth 
book-plate  and  Huth  Bequest  stamp.  The  Nixon  (May,  1818,  No.  649),  Heber 
(June,  1834,  No.  5463),  Daniel  (July,  1864,  No.  1427),  Huth  (bequeathed,  April, 
1911)  copy.  Bound  in  purple  morocco  with  "G.  D."  monogram  on  covers.  Press- 
mark, Huth,  47.  [723 

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ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7  %  x5%q".  Ci-C4,  Di-D4,  eight  leaves  in  all,  uncut 
and  unsewed  as  originally  printed ;  mounted  on  large  quarto  sheets.  Stamp  of  British 
Museum  duplicates.  Exchanged  with  British  Museum  which  took  the  perfect  copy 
from  the  Huth  collection  and  substituted  this;  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1192), 
Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  elabo- 
rate gilt  tooling.  [724 

FOLGER.  7  ^4  x5".  Title  mended  in  margins;  A4  mended  in  lower  outside  corner, 
four  lines  defective.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A. 
Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold,  December,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in 
half  blue  morocco.  [725 

HUNTINGTON.  6i%6x4%6".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines. 
"Collated  &  Perfect,  J.  P.  K.  1798".  The  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire 
(sold,  January,  1914)  copy.    Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  120.     [726 


RICHARD  III,   1598. 

The  I  Tragedie  |  of  King  Richard  |  the  third.  |  Conteining  his  treacher- 
ous Plots  against  his  |  brother  Clarence :  the  pitiful  murther  of  his  innocent  | 
Nephewes:  his  tyrannicall  vsurpation:  with  |  the  whole  course  of  his  de- 
tested life,  and  most  |  deserued  death.  |  As  it  hath  beene  lately  Acted  by 
the  Right  honourable  |  the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his  seruants.  |  By  William 
Shake-speare.  |  [Creede's  device]  |  London  |  Printed  by  Thomas  Creede, 
for  Andrew  Wise,  |  dwelling  in  Paules  Church-yard,  at  the  signe  |  of  the 
Angell.    1598. 

Second  edition.    A-M*;  total,  48  leaves.    M4  blank.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:    A2,  I  am;  Bi,  La.;  Ci,  Glo.;  Di,  He;  Ei,  Enter;  Fi,  Then;  Gi,  Who; 
Hi,  When;  \i,King;  Ki,  Bloudie;  Li,  These;   Mi,  Me. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7  %  X  5  %".  Title  extended  on  lower  margin  and  mended ;  A4  re- 
margined front  and  foot:  margins  mended  throughout,  injuring  some  words  on  As; 
wormhole  mended  in  lower  inner  corner,  Bi-Di ;  Heber  stamp  and  note  on  fly-leaf: 
"July  1816,  Bt.  of  Whites  stock  G.  Saunders  £  5.7.6."  The  Heber  (June,  1834, 
No.  5464)  copy.  Bound  in  red  straight-grained  morocco.  Pressmark,  Malone, 
879.  [727 

BRIDGEWATER  HOUSE.  7  %x5  %".  Acquired  prior  to  1649  when  it  was 
catalogued  by  John,  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater.  Bound  in  green  morocco,  with 
arms  of  the  Marquis  of  Stafford,  by  Murton.  [728 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  3^  x  5  i/g".  M2  and  Ms  lacking  and  replaced  in  facsimile. 
Cropped  top  and  foot,  injuring  last  line  of  text  on  verso  of  A2  and  I2,  and  many 
headlines,  signatures  and  catchwords.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779) 
copy.     Bound  in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  sides.     Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  47. 

[729 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  %  x  5  1/2".  Lacking  title,  replaced  in  facsimile.  G2  has 
slight  mend  and  small  hole;  I2  mended;  scribble  on  Bs.  The  Halliwell  (sold, 
November  9,  1858)  copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  46.        [730 

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HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  4  ^e"-  Badly  cropped  at  top,  injuring  most  of  the  head- 
lines on  sheets  A-F.  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1814".  The  Kemble  (sold, 
1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  crimson 
levant  morocco,  by  Birdsall.  [731 

HUNTINGTON.  7  "/is  x  5  Ke".  Title,  As,  Ci-Q,  D4,  U,  Mi  and  M2  in  Harris's 
facsimile ;  lower  margins  extended  throughout,  some  signatures,  catchwords,  and  last 
lines  of  text  in  facsimile.  Locker  and  Church  book-plates.  The  Jolley  (June,  1844, 
No.  582),  Halliwell  (May,  1856,  No.  339),  Tite  (June,  1874,  No.  2776),  Locker 
(sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco, 
by  Bedford.  [732 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  71/4x51/4".  Mi  mutilated;  M2  and 
Ms  from  smaller  copy  (6%x3")  and  mutilated.  "George  Lettin  his  book"  on 
verso  Mi;  some  collation  with  second  folio.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779) 
copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays.    Pressmark,  R.  22.  4.  [733 


RICHARD  III,  1602. 

The  I  Tragedie  |  of  King  Richard  |  the  third.  |  Conteining  his  treacher- 
ous Plots  against  his  brother  |  Clarence :  the  pittifull  murther  of  his  innocent 
Ne-|phewes:  his  tyrannicall  vsurpation:  with  the  |  whole  course  of  his 
detested  life,  and  |  most  deserued  death.  |  As  it  hath  bene  lately  Acted  by 
the  Right  Honourable  |  the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his  seruants.  |  Newly  aug- 
mented, I  By  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Creede's  device]  |  London  |  Printed 
by  Thomas  Creede,  for  Andrew  Wise,  dwelling  |  in  Paules  Church-yard, 
at  the  signe  of  the  |  Angell.     1602. 

Third  edition.    A- L* ;   M^ ;  total,  46  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %6  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:    A2,  By;  Bi,  La.;  Ci,  I  can;  Di,  2  He;  Ei,  Enter;  Fi,  He;  Gi,  Hast.; 
Hi,  Glo.;  li.  And;  Ki,  Qu.;  Li,  By;   Mi,  And. 

COPIES. 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6i3/6x5".  Small  holes  in  K^,  L2.  The  Garrick  (be- 
queathed, January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  sides. 
Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  48.  [734 

HUNTINGTON.  6  ?4  x  4  %".  "Collated  &  Perfect.  D.  1827".  The  Bunbury 
(exchanged,  1823),  Payne  &  Foss  (sold,  1823),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914) 
copy.    Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  542.  [735 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  x  5".  Capell  book-plate  on  verso  title. 
The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plavs. 
Pressmark,  S.  30.  1.  [736 

RICHARD  III,   1605. 

The  I  Tragedie  |  of  King  Richard  |  the  third.  |  Conteining  his  treacher- 
ous Plots  against  his  brother  |  Clarence  :  the  pittifull  murthur  of  his  innocent 
Ne-|phewes:  his  tyrannicall  vsurpation:  with  the   |   whole  course  of  his 

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detested  life,  and  |  most  deserued  death.  |  As  it  hath  bin  lately  Acted  by  the 
Right  Honourable  |  the  Lord  Chamberlaine  his  seruants.  |  Newly  aug- 
mented, I  By  William  Shake-speare.  |  [Creede's  device]  |  London,  | 
Printed  by  Thomas  Creede,  and  are  to  be  sold  by  Mathew  |  Lawe,  dwelling 
in  Paules  Church-yard,  at  the  Signe  |  of  the  Foxe,  neare  S.  Austins  gate, 
1605. 

Fourth  edition.    A-L*;   M^;  total,  46  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %6  x  3  Yxq". 

Catchwords:  A2,  By;  Bi,  La;  Ci,  I  can;  Di,  2  He;  Ei,  Enter;  Fi,  He;  Gi,  Haft.; 
Hi,  Glo.;  li,  And;  Ki,  Qu.;  Li,  By;   Mi,  And. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7  %  X  5  ^4"-  A4,  D4  extended  in  lower  outer  corner ;  B3  mended  and 
strengthened  in  upper  margin;  Bi-Cs  extended  in  upper  outer  corner;  Ei,  E2,  Fi, 
I4-M2  extended  and  strengthened  in  upper  inner  corner ;  wormhole  mended  in  B4-Di. 
Purchased,  1840.  Bound  in  half  calf,  marbled  paper  sides.  Pressmark,  Malone, 
880.  [737 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  x  5".  A  few  slight  stains.  Manuscript  notes  by  Halli- 
well:  "Cost  me  £84"  and  "A  perfect  copy  of  this  most  rare  edition,  which  is  not 
even  noted  in  any  bibliographical  list,  was  unknown  to  all  the  older  commentators, 
&  first  mentioned  in  Collier's  recent  edition.  The  only  other  known  copy  is  in  the 
Bodleian."  The  Halliwell  (sold,  November  9,  1858)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco. 
Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  49.  [738 

HUNTINGTON.  lYixSy^Q".  Title,  Mi  and  M2  in  facsimile.  Locker  and 
Church  book-plates.  The  Tite  (June,  1874,  No.  2777),  Locker  (sold,  January, 
1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford. 

[739 

PERRY.  6%x4i%6".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines;  lower  outer 
corners  worn  off.  With  signature  of  Admiral  William  Penn  in  five  places.  The 
Penn  (c.  1670),  Carrington,  Sotheby  (July  10,  1905,  No.  1004)  copy.  Bound  in 
boards,  in  silk  case.  [740 


RICHARD  III,  1612. 

The  I  Tragedie  |  of  King  Richard  |  the  third.  |  Containing  his  treacher- 
ous Plots  against  his  brother  |  Clarence :  the  pittifull  murther  of  his  innocent 
Ne-|phewes:  his  tyrannicall  vsurpation:  with  the  |  whole  course  of  his 
detested  life,  and  |  most  deserued  death.  |  As  it  hath  beene  lately  Acted  by 
the  Kings  Maiesties  |  seruants.  |  Newly  augmented,  |  By  William  Shake- 
speare. I  [Creede's  device]  |  London,  |  Printed  by  Thomas  Creede,  and 
are  to  be  sold  by  Mathew  |  Lawe,  dwelling  in  Pauls  Church-yard,  at  the 
Signe  I  of  the  Foxe,  neare  S.  Austins  gate,  161 2. 

Fifth  edition.    A-L*;  M^;  total,  46  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %6  x  3  %". 

Catchwords:    A2,  By;  Bi,  La.;  Ci,  I  can;  Di,  2.  He;  Ei,  Enter;  Fi,  He;  Gi,  Hast.; 
Hi,  Glo.;  li.  And;  Ki,  Qu.;  Li,  By;  Mi,  And. 

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COPIES. 


BODLEIAN.  7x4  %".  Ka  verso,  last  two  lines,  part  of  text  caught  off  by  paste. 
Facing  title  is  a  portrait  of  Richard  III  from  "Hasih'ologia,"  also  an  impression  in 
red  wax  from  a  seal  with  note  above:  "This  impression  was  taken  from  the  seal  of 
Richard  the  Third,  which  was  dug  up  some  years  ago  in  Bosv/orth  Field,  and  fell 
into  the  hands  of  the  late  Dr.  Lort.  A  boar  was  Richard's  cognizance.  E.  M." 
Note  on  verso  title:  "The  title-page  of  the  original  edition  of  this  play  printed  in 
1597,  corresponds  with  that  at  the  otlier  side  to  the  word  death;  after  which  follows 
'As  it  hath  been  lately  acted  .  .  .  1597'.  The  words  newly  augmented  first  appeared 
in  the  titlepage  of  the  edition  printed  in  1602,  which  was,  I  believe,  the  copy  prin- 
cipally followed  in  printing  the  folio.  This  copy  has  been  collated  with  the  edition 
of  1598,  and  the  various  readings  are  in  the  margin.  From  this  collation  it  appears 
that  the  errors  of  omission  in  this  copy  (to  say  nothing  of  the  other  numerous  faults) 
are  no  less  that  twenty  six :  a  striking  proof  of  the  value  of  first  editions,  and  of  what 
I  have  so  often  stated  in  my  edition,  that  omission  of  words  (and  sometimes  of  lines) 
is  one  of  the  most  common  errors  of  the  press.  E.  M.  Since  the  above  collation  was 
made,  I  have  met  with  the  edition  of  1597,  and  collated  it.  The  variations  between 
the  copy  of  1597  and  that  of  1598  are  set  down,  and  are  distinguished  by  being  written 
in  imitation  of  print.  Since  I  wrote  the  above  I  have  got  a  copy  of  this  1st  edition. 
See  it  in  Vol.  vi."  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with 
other  plays  in  Vol.  I.    Pressmark,  Malone,  32.  [741 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  "/gx  411/10".  Title  and  some  catchwords  covered  by 
inlay  so  that  the  date  is  gone  from  title.  Indistinct  names  on  title,  some  leaves 
stained.  The  King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Inlaid  throughout  and 
bound  in  half  morocco.    Pressmark,  C.  12.  h.  10.  [742 

CRICHTON  STUART.  L.  Theobald's  signature.  The  Theobald,  Steevens,  Bute 
copy.  [743 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  6i5/icx5".  Cropped  at  foot,  cutting  off  last 
line  of  title  and  some  signatures,  catchwords  and  last  lines  of  text ;  with  A2,  As,  Bi, 
Ei,  G2,  H4,  I4,  Ki,  K4,  in  duplicate  at  end.  Halliwell's  note  on  fly-leaf:  "Perfect 
but  some  of  the  lower  lines  are  cut  into.  The  9  leaves  at  the  end  are  from  an  im- 
perfect copy  of  the  same  edition,  here  inserted  to  show  variations.  Malone's  copy 
is  also  cut  into.  There  is  no  copy  of  it  in  the  British  Museum,  the  statements  of 
Bohn  &  Hazlitt  to  the  contrary  being  erroneous.  It  is  in  fact  of  great  rarity."  Halli- 
well  is  wrong  in  this  note  and  Bohn  and  Hazlitt  were  right,  the  British  Museum 
possessed  at  that  time  and  still  owns  the  King  George  III  copy.  The  duplicate  leaves 
at  the  end  were  taken  from  the  copy  now  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Furness.  The 
Halliwell   (presented,  1872)   copy.     Bound  in  brown  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford. 

[744 

FURNESS.  7x5  %".  Fragment  only,  lacking  title,  A2-A4,  Bi,  Ei,  G2,  H4,  I2-M2. 
Presentation  inscription  from  J.  O.  Halliwell  to  H.  H.  Furness.  The  Halliwell 
(presented,  December,  1871)  copy.     Bound  in  half  calf.  [745 

HUNTINGTON.  7  i/g  x  4  1  %  o"-  Ai-A4,  and  M2  are  supplied  from  a  shorter 
copy.  Locker  and  Church  book-plates.  The  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church 
(sold,  April,  1911)  copy.    Bound  in  green  levant  morocco,  by  De  Coverly.        [746 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  6  %  x  4  ^{q".  Last  line  of  title  including  date  cut  off  ; 
cropped  at  foot,  injuring  last  line  of  M2  and  signatures  throughout.  "George 
Steevens"  on  title;  Roxburghe  arms  on  verso  title.    The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No. 

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1295),  Roxburghe  (May,  1812,  No.  3845),  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855), 
Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  1895)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [747 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7  Yie  x  5  i/g"-  M2  in  facsimile.  With  note  on  front  fly- 
leaf: "Collated  perfect.  A.  Dyce.  (the  last  leaf  reprinted).  Boswell  (Malone's 
Shakespeare)  says  it  is  uncertain  whether  the  date  of  this  edition  is  -12  or  -13;  in 
the  present  copy  it  is  distinctly  the  former".  Probably  the  Sotheby  (April,  1826, 
No.  96)  copy.  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incorporated  as 
Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  1895)  copy.  Bound  in  red  straight- 
grained  morocco.  [747* 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7i4x5%".  li-M*  supplied  from 
shorter  copy  (7  %")•  Old  scribbling  on  title.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779) 
copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays.     Pressmark,  R.  19.  3.  [748 

WHITE.  6  %  x4  Yg".  Cropped  top  and  foot,  injuring  some  headlines  and  signa- 
tures; last  line  of  title  including  date  cut  ofif.  The  Pope  (sold,  June,  1895),  Hoe 
(sold  through  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.,  April,  1896)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco. 

[749 


RICHARD  III,   1622. 

The  I  Tragedie  |  of  |  King  Richard  |  The  Third.  |  Contayning  his  treach- 
erous Plots  against  |  his  brother  Clarence:  The  pittifull  murder  of  his  inno- 
cent I  Nephewes:  his  tyrannicall  Vsurpation:  with  the  whole  |  course  of  his 
detested  life,  and  most  |  deserued  death.  |  As  it  hath  been  lately  Acted  by 
the  Kings  Maiesties  |  Seruants.  |  Newly  augmented.  |  By  William  Shake- 
speare. I  [Ornament]  |  London,  |  Printed  by  Thomas  Purfoot,  and  are 
to  be  sold  by  Mathew  Law,  dwelling  |  in  Pauls  Church-yard,  at  the  Signe 
of  the  Foxe,  neere  |  S.  Austines  gate.     1622. 

Sixth  edition.    A-L*;  M^;  total,  46  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %6  x  3  %"• 

Catchwords:  A2,  By;  Bi,  La.;  Ci,  I  can;  Di,  2.  He;  Ei,  Enter;  Fi,  He;  Gi,  Hast.; 
Hi,  Or;   li.  King.;  Ki,  Qu.;  Li,  But;   Mi,  In. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7  %6  X  5  Yiq".  Cropped  at  top,  cutting  off  headlines  on  Mi  and  M2; 
ink  stains  on  margins  of  I4  verso  and  Ki  recto ;  wormhole  in  K2-L4.  Probably  the 
Jolley  (June,  1844,  No.  583)  copy.  Purchased,  1844.  Bound  in  half  calf.  Press- 
mark, Malone,  922.  [750 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  is/ie  x  4  %".  Cropped  at  foot  of  title,  last  line  cut  off; 
some  leaves  a  little  soiled.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  back.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  51.  [751 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7x4  %".  Badly  cropped,  injuring  headlines  or  signatures 
and  catchwords  on  most  leaves ;  last  two  lines  of  imprint  cut  off  from  title.  The 
King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Bound  in  half  morocco.  Pressmark, 
C.  12.  g.  14.  [752 

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BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6%x4%".  Li-Ma  lacking;  cropped  at  top,  injuring 
"THE"  on  title  and  most  headlines;  some  stains.  Manuscript  note  by  Halliwell 
pasted  in  fly-leaf  facing  title:  "The  only  curiosity  of  this  imperfect  copy  of  the  1622 
edition  of  Richard  the  third  arises  from  the  circumstance  of  the  titlepage  being 
perfect,  the  imprint  being  almost  invariably  cut  of?.  Indeed  so  rare  is  it  to  meet  with 
a  copy  with  the  date  of  1622,  (that)  Mr.  Collier,  in  his  ed.  of  Shakespeare,  declares 
that  'the  existence  of  a  copy  of  that  date  is  more  than  doubtful.'  There  are,  I 
believe,  two  copies  in  the  British  Museum,  the  imprints  of  both  of  which  are  im- 
perfect." The  Halliwell  (sold,  November  9,  1858)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco. 
Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  50.  [753 

HUNTINGTON.  7  %qx5  ^iq".  Leaves  stabbed  on  inner  margins  throughout. 
Ives  and  Church  book-plates.  The  Perkins  (July,  1889,  No.  1708),  Ives  (March, 
1891,  No.  892),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  maroon  morocco, 
with  Perkins's  arms  on  covers.  [754 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  i/g  x  5".  Title  a  little  cropped  at  top 
and  worn.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with 
other  plays.    Pressmark,  S.  34.  2.  [755 


RICHARD  III,  1629. 

The  I  Tragedie  |  of  |  King  Richard  |  the  Third.  |  Contayning  his  trecher- 
ous  Plots,  against  |  his  brother  Clarence:  The  pittifull  murther  of  his  ino-  | 
cent  Nepthewes:  his  tiranous  vsurpation:  with  the  whole  |  course  of  his 
detested  life,  and  most  |  deserued  death.  |  As  it  hath  beene  lately  Acted 
by  the  Kings  Malestles  |  Sernauts  [sic].  \  Newly  agmented  [sic]  \  By  Wil- 
liam Shake-speare.  |  [Ornament]  |  London.  |  Printed  by  lohn  Norton,  and 
are  to  be  sold  by  Mathew  Law,  |  dwelling  In  Pauls  Church-yeard,  at  the 
Signe  of  the  |  Foxe,  neere  S*.  Austlnes  gate,  |  1629. 

Seventh  edition.    A-L*;   M^;   total,  46  leaves.    Type-page,  6 '^g  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:    A2,  By;  Bi,  La.;  Ci,  I  can;  Di,  2.11e;  Ei,  Enter;  Fi,  He;  Gi,  Hast.; 
Hi,  Or;  li.  King.;  Ki,  Qu.;  Li,  But;  Mi,  In. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  611/16x411/16".  Cropped  top  and  foot,  injuring  "THE"  on  title 
and  some  headlines,  signatures  and  catchwords ;  stabbed  on  inner  margins,  "pur- 
chased 1827"  on  title.  Purchased,  1827.  Bound  in  boards,  leather  back.  Pressmark, 
Malone,  767.  [756 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  14  x  5  %".  Lower  corners  of  sheet  A  and  M2  extended  ; 
top  corners  throughout  extended;  margins  of  M2  mended.  "Richard  Warner,  1748" 
entitle;  scribbles  on  severalleaves.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  1779)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  back.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  52.  [757 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [758 

DODD.  7  %  X  5  %".  Stabbed  throughout  on  Inner  margins.  Signature  K  is  on 
thick  paper.  Probably  the  Sotheby  (May  31,  1907,  No.  477)  copy.  Bound  in 
green  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [759 

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DYCE  COLLECTION.  7%x5i/4".  Title  mended  in  lower  inner  margins; 
manj'  pages  soiled.  "C.  P.  A.  Dyce".  The  Dyce  (bequeathed,  1869)  copy. 
Bound  in  calf.  [760 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  6%x4ii/i6"-  L3-M2  in  facsimile;  title  ex- 
tended in  upper  margin;  cropped  top  and  foot,  injuring  signatures,  headlines  and 
catchwords.  With  duplicate  page,  verso  of  I2,  pasted  in  back.  The  Halliwell  (pre- 
sented, 1872)  copy.    Bound  in  green  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [761 

FOLGER.  7  %  X  5".  Two  margins  mended;  slightly  stained.  The  Jennens  (col- 
lected, c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe), 
Howe  (sold,  December,  1907)  copy.    Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [762 

FOLGER.  From  the  library  of  a  German  noble  whose  ancestor  bought  plays  in 
England  150  years  ago.  The  Sotheby  (July  13,  1909,  No.  323)  copy.  Bound  with 
Henry  IV,  1632,  and  other  plays.  [763 

FOLGER.     Title,  B2  and  Bs  in  facsimile.  [764 

HUNTERIAN  MUSEUM,  GLASGOW.  Size  not  given.  Closely  cropped  top 
and  bottom.    Bound  with  works  by  other  authors.    Pressmark,  Co.  3.  32.  [765 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7%x5%6"-  Dramatis  Personnae  in  old  handwriting 
on  verso  title.  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incorporated  as 
Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
morocco,  by  Mackenzie.  [766 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  6%x  5".  Cropped  at  bottom,  cutting 
off  most  of  signatures ;  stains  on  top  margins  of  many  leaves.  The  Capell  (presented, 
June,  1779)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  old  plays.    Pressmark,  T.  8.  5. 

[767 

WHITE.  6i%gx5".  Cropped  top  and  foot,  injuring  some  headlines,  signatures, 
catchwords  and  last  lines  of  text.  The  Sotheby  (July  28,  1903,  No.  491)  copy. 
Bound  in  maroon  levant  morocco,  by  Club  Bindery  for  Mr.  White.  [768 


RICHARD  III,   1634. 

The  I  Tragedie  |  of  |  King  Richard  |  the  Third.  |  Contayning  his  treach- 
erous Plots,  a-|gainst  his  brother  Clarence:  The  pitifull  |  murder  of  his 
innocent  Nephewes:  his  |  tyranous  vsurpation:  with  the  |  whole  course  of 
his  detested  life,  |  and  most  deserued  death.  |  As  it  hath  beene  Acted  by 
the  Kings  |  Maiesties  Seruants.  |  Written  by  William  Shake-speare.  | 
[Ornament]  |  London,  |  Printed  by  lohn  Norton.     1634. 

Eighth  edition.    A-L*;  M^;  total,  42  leaves.    A2  and  Ks  are  wrongly  marked  As  and 

C2.    Type-page,  6  %6X  3  %". 
Catchwords:    A3  (should  be  A2),  By;  Bi,  Lady;  Ci,  I  can;  Di,  2  ile;  Ei,  Enter;  Fi, 

He;  Gi,  Hast.;  Hi,  Or;  li.  Kin;  Ki,  Qu.;  Li,  But;  Mi,  In. 

COPIES. 

BIRMINGHAM.  6%x5  Yie".  Di-D4  extended  on  outer  blank  margins;  some 
headlines  cropped.  Notes  on  margins  throughout.  The  R.  Smith  (sold,  March, 
1884)  copy.     Bound  in  green  levant  morocco,  by  Hammond.  [769 

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BODLEIAN.  7  %  X  5  %6"-  Title  mended  in  lower  margin;  A2  torn,  injuring 
a  few  letters;  many  headlines  cropped.  Purchased,  1830.  Bound  in  calf.  Press- 
mark, Malone,  881.  [770 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7  %x5  s^g"-  The  Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound 
in  half  red  morocco.  [771 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7  1/^x5  y^".  "Richard  Exirey,  Exon.  Collegge"  on  title. 
The  Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.    Bound  in  hlue  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [772 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  T%qx5%".  Headlines  of  K*  deeply  cropped.  The 
Halliwell  (sold,  November  9,  1858)  copy.  Bound  in  green  morocco,  by  Bedford. 
Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  53.  [773 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  1/16x51(0".  E2  lacking;  cropped  at  top,  injuring 
several  headlines.  "David  (?)  Mather,  1652"  on  Cs  recto.  The  Garrick  (be- 
queathed, 1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  back.  Pressmark, 
C.  34.  k.  54.  [774 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [775 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  ly^xS".  Ki,  lower  corner  mended;  title  brown. 
"C.  P.     A.  Dyce".    The  Dyce  (bequeathed,  1869)  copy.    Bound  in  calf.  [776 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  6y8x4y8"-  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some 
headlines;  Bi,  B4  extended  on  upper  margin,  lacking  headlines.  The  Halliwell  (pre- 
sented, 1872)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Pratt.  [777 

ETON  COLLEGE.  7|?io^5%g".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines. 
The  Storer  (bequeathed,  1799)  copy.  Bound  with  Merchant  of  Venice,  1652,  and 
other  plays  in  Vol.  III.  [778 

FOLGER.  7  X  5".  Title  and  some  leaves  stained ;  signature  on  Ls  and  headline  on 
L4  cut  into;  K2  mended.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to 
W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold,  December,  1907)  copy. 
Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [779 

FOLGER.     Fine  copy.    Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [780 

HUNTINGTON.  7%x4y8".  Some  leaves  resized.  The  Devonshire  (sold, 
January,  1914)  copy.     Bound  in  orange  morocco.  [781 

HUNTINGTON.  7  Vic  x  4  %"■  M2  has  part  of  text  in  facsimile ;  stabbed  through- 
out and  mended  on  inner  margins.  Church  book-plate.  The  Pope  (sold,  October, 
1895),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford. 

[782 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  6  %x4%".  Cropped  top  and  foot,  injuring  some  head- 
lines and  signatures.  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incorporated 
as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy.  Bound  in  green  mo- 
rocco, by  Bedford.  [783 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  14x51,4".  Title  lacking;  M2  some- 
what torn.  Scribbles  on  Bi,  recto.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy. 
Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  old  plays.     Pressmark,  R.  21.  4.  [784 

WHITE.  7  5/iqx5  y,"-  The  Quaritch  (sold,  June,  1892)  copy.  Bound  in  brown 
levant  morocco,  by  Hayday.  [785 


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ROMEO  AND  JULIET. 


ROMEO  AND  JULIET,  1597. 

An  I  Excellent  |  conceited  Tragedie  |  of  |  Romeo  and  luliet.    |  As  it  hath 
been  often   (with  great  applause)    |   plaid  publiquely,  by  the  right  Ho- 
nourable the  L.  of  Hunsdon  |  his  Seruants.   |  [Banter's  device]  |  London, 
Printed  by  lohn  Danter.    |  1597. 

First  edition.    A-K* ;  total,  40  leaves.    Title,  A2.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3%". 

Catchwords:  Bi,  Mount;  Ci,  /?o»j.-Nay;  Di,  That;  Ei,  fights;  Fi,  Mer.;  Gi,  Rom.; 
Hi,  I;   li,  choose;   Ki,  Heape. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7  1/8x4  %".  Corner  of  margin  off  Di,  D2,  H*,  Mi ;  Fa  and  Gi 
stained.  With  autograph  of  George,  Lord  Hunsdon,  inserted  facing  L2 ;  and  note  by 
Malone  saying  that  this  is  the  Lord  Hunsdon  mentioned  in  the  title-page;  above 
Prologue  "Edward  Holbeck  His  booke"  and  other  writing.  The  copy  had 
originally  certain  leaves  missing  and  supplied  from  Capell's  edition  of  1766,  but 
these  defects  were  subsequently  made  good,  and  a  bill  of  C.  Lewis  to  Mr.  Bandi- 
nel  for  inlaying  and  inserting  leaves  is  pasted  in  front  of  volume.  A  leaf  marked 
"A"  is  bound  between  Romeo,  1597,  and  Romeo,  1599,  in  this  volume  with  a 
note  in  Mr.  Madan's  handwriting:  "This  leaf  was  found  loose  in  front  of  title  of 
Richard  HI  in  this  volume  but  it  can  hardly  belong  to  that  play,  1833".  The 
Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Bound  in  tree  calf,  with  "E.  M."  on  covers. 
Pressmark,  Malone,  37.  [786 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6%x4%".  Title  mended  in  lower  portion ;  cropped  at 
foot,  injuring  some  signatures  and  catchwords;  B2  extended  on  outer  margin;  Ba 
extended,  a  few  words  in  facsimile ;  Ci,  mended  and  extended ;  C4,  Di,  Fs,  H4,  I2, 
Is,  mended,  injuring  some  letters;  I4  mended  in  margins;  Ki-K4  mended  in  lower 
margins.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco, 
Garrick's  arms  on  sides.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  55.  [787 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x4  ^g".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  headlines  on  G4  verso 
to  H4  verso;  "Collated  &  Perfect,  J.  P.  K.  1809".  Scribbling  on  some  leaves. 
The  Stace  (sold),  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy. 
Inlaid  and  bound  in  crimson  levant  morocco,  by  Birdsall.  [788 

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TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7  i/g  x  5  %".  Very  tender  condition 
throughout,  Cs-Ei  mutilated  at  foot;  C2-D3  mended  with  transparent  paper;  Es 
mutilated  at  side;  Gi-l2  wormed  at  lower  inner  margin  so  that  paper  is  eaten  away. 
"J.  Payne"  on  title.  The  Payne,  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound 
in  brown  calf,  with  other  old  plays.     Pressmark,  R.  20.  2.  [789 


ROMEO  AND  JULIET,   1599. 

The  I  Most  Ex-|cellent  and  lamentable  |  Tragedie,  of  Romeo  |  and 
luliet.  I  Newly  corrected,  augmented,  and  |  amended:  |  As  it  hath  bene 
sundry  times  publiquely  acted,  by  the  |  right  Honourable  the  Lord  Cham- 
berlaine  |  his  Seruants.  |  [Creede's  device]  |  London  |  Printed  by  Thomas 
Creede,  for  Cuthbert  Burby,  and  are  to  |  be  sold  at  his  shop  neare  the 
Exchange.    |  1599. 

Second  edition.    A-L*;   M-;   total,  46  leaves.    Type-page,  6  ^4  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:     As,  Grf^o.The;  Bi,  Rom.  Not;  Ci,  Being;  Di,  Young;  Ei,  Thats; 

Fi,  My;   Gi,  Towards;   Hi,  Digressing;   li.  But;   Ki,  And;   Li,  Law.  Who;    Mi, 

Came. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  611/16x43/16".  E2,  line  14  from  foot  has  hole;  Es  and  E4  mended ; 
La  verso  cropped,  cutting  off  first  letter  of  most  of  last  21  lines.  The  Malone  (pre- 
sented, 1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  VI.  Pressmark, 
Malone,  37.  [790 

BRIDGEWATER  HOUSE.  6%x4%".  Acquired  prior  to  1649  when  it  was 
catalogued  by  John,  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater.  Bound  in  morocco,  with  arms  of 
the  Marquis  of  Stafiford,  by  Murton.  [791 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6%x4%".  Fi-G2,  large  wormhole  mended;  Gs-Hi, 
small  wormhole;  Ls  signature  and  catchword  cropped;  stained.  "Agst  23,  1621" 
after  "FINIS"  on  M2  recto.  The  King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Bound 
in  half  morocco.    Pressmark,  C.  12.  g.  18.  [792 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  7i/i6x4i%6"-  M2  mended  in  margin.  With 
"Wil.  Sha."  on  title  probably  in  Drummond's  hand ;  some  numbers  and  initials  in 
old  hand  on  title.  The  Drummond  (presented,  1627)  copy.  Bound  in  green 
morocco.  [793 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  6  %  x  4  i^e".  C2  mended  in  lower  margin.  "George 
Steevens"  on  title  and  "G.  Steevens"  on  verso  title;  Roxburghe  arms  on  title;  "Eliza- 
beth Rotton  Her  Lot  is  to  b  neat"  on  verso  H3 ;  Huth  book-plate ;  old  manuscript 
notes  on  some  leaves.  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1299),  Roxburghe  (May, 
1812,  No.  3860),  White  Knights  (June,  1819,  No.  3957),  Daniel  ( Julv,  1864,  No. 
1430),  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1193),  Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911) 
copy.  Bound  in  red  straight-grained  morocco,  with  George  Daniel's  monogram  on 
front  cover.  [794 

FOLGER.  Fi-F*  lacking;  title  backed  and  mended;  M2  mended  and  backed,  injur- 
ing headline  and  next  two  lines;  stained.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740,  be- 
queathed, 1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold, 
December,  1907)  copy.    Bound  in  half  blue  morocco.  [795 

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FOLGER.  The  Gott  (sold  through  Sotheran,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco, 
by  Lewis.  [796 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [797 

HUNTINGTON.  6i3/icx4%".  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1798."  The 
Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound 
with  other  plays  in  Vol.  305.  [798 

HUNTINGTON.  7  %6  x  5  %".  Title,  A2-B2  and  part  of  Ei  in  facsimile.  Locker 
and  Church  book-plates.  The  Tite  (June,  1874,  No.  2778),  Locker  (sold,  January, 
1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford. 

[799 

WHITE.  6%x4%".  Title  rebacked  and  mended ;  some  headlines  cropped.  The 
Perkins  (July,  1889,  No.  1691)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  Perkins's  arms  on 
covers.  [800 


ROMEO  AND  JULIET,   1609. 

The  I  Most  Ex-|cellent  and  |  Lamentable  Tragedie,  of  |  Romeo  and 
Juliet.  I  As  it  hath  beene  sundrle  times  publiquely  Acted,  |  by  the  Kings 
Maiesties  Seruants  |  at  the  Globe.  |  Newly  corrected,  augmented,  and  | 
amended:  |  [Ornament]  |  London  |  Printed  for  lohn  Smethwick,  and  are 
to  be  sold  I  at  his  Shop  in  Saint  Dunstanes  Church-yard,  |  in  Fleetestreete 
vnder  the  Dyall.    |  1609. 

Third  edition.    A-L*;   M^;   total,  46  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  %". 

Catchwords:  A3,  Grego.  The;  Bi,  Rom.  Not;  Ci,  Being;  Di,  Young;  Ei,  Thats; 
Fi,  My;  Gi,  Towards;  Hi,  Digressing;  li,  I  am;  Ki,  And;  Li,  Law.  Who;  Mi, 
Came. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  6%x4i%(;"-  M2  lacking  and  replaced  in  manuscript  facsimile; 
Mi  extended  in  both  corners;  B4  extended  in  lower  corner,  injuring  a  few  letters. 
Heber  stamp  and  note  on  fly-leaf:  "A  copy  of  this  3rd  ed.  bd.  in  morocco  (probably 
the  same)  sold  at  Ld.  Thorlo's  Auction  by  Christie,  April  1804  for  4-18-0.  It  is 
very  rare.  See  Steevens  Cat."  The  [Thorlo]  Christie  (April,  1804,  No.  94), 
Heber  (June,  1834,  No.  5468)  copy.  Bound  in  maroon  straight-grained  morocco, 
blind  tooled,  by  Riley.     Pressmark,  Malone,  884.  [801 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  615^16x5".  Small  stains  on  several  leaves;  three  small 
holes  in  outer  margin  A2;  soiled.  Notes  by  Halliwell:  "For  this  most  rare  edition 
(most  rare  in  perfect  state)  I  gave  Mr.  Daniel  in  exchange  The  History  of  Tom 
Thumb,  1625  bought  by  me  at  Utterson's  sale  for  £6.2.6,  and  a  volume  of  curious 
Penny  Romances,  no.  1516  at  Utterson's  sale,  which  cost  me  (with  commission) 
£33.10.  The  present  volume  cost  me  altogether  therefore  £  39.  12.6.",  "Another 
perfect  copy  of  this  edition  has  since  been  discovered  &  sold  at  Sotheby's  for  £  86." 
The  Daniel  (exchanged),  Halliwell  (sold,  November  9,  1858)  copy.  Bound  in 
limp  vellum.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  57.  [802 

FOLGER.  7%x5%".  The  Cope  (March  4,  1913,  No.  184)  copy.  Bound  in 
blue  morocco.  [803 

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HUNTINGTON.  6  5/i6x5".  Locker  and  Church  book-plates.  The  [Halliwell] 
Sotheby  (June,  1858,  No.  323),  Tite  (June,  1874,  No.  2779),  Locker  (sold, 
January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  by 
Bedford.  [804 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  4  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  headlines  on  several 
pages;  two  holes  in  title-page.  Signature  and  note  of  George  Steevens:  "This  Play 
has  been  collated  with  the  copies  in  1599  &  1637,  the  few  various  readings  from  the 
former  are  on  the  white  margins.  This  copy  seems  to  have  been  printed  from  that 
in  1599  as  there  is  little  variation  &  that  too  merely  accidental.  G.  S.";  "Collated 
&  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1814";  Roxburghe  arms  on  title.  The  1637  variants  are  on 
the  book's  own  margins.  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1300),  Roxburghe  (May, 
1812,  No.  3861),  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy. 
Inlaid  and  bound  in  crimson  levant  morocco,  by  Birdsall.  [805 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  6  34x5".  Li  torn  in  outer  margin; 
some  leaves  stained  at  top.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in 
brown  calf,  with  other  old  plays.     Pressmark,  T.  8.  2.  [806 


ROMEO  AND  JULIET,  n.  d. 

The  Most  I  Excellent  |  And  Lamentable  Tragedie,  |  of  Romeo  and  | 
luliet.  I  As  it  hath  beene  sundrie  times  publikely  Acted,  |  by  the  Kings 
Maiesties  Seruants  |  at  the  Globe.  |  Newly  Corrected,  augmented,  and 
amended.  |  [Smethwicke's  device]  |  London,  |  Printed  for  lohn  Smeth- 
wicke,  and  are  to  bee  sold  at  his  Shop  in  |  Saint  Dunstanes  Church-yard,  in 
Fleetestreete  |  vnder  the  Dyall. 

Fourth  edition,  earlier  title.    A-L* ;  total,  44  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  %". 
Catchwords:     A2,  Samp;  Bi,  Enter;  Ci,  Ben;  Di,  In;  Ei,  the;  Fi,  Ti.;  Gi,  There; 
m,RO.;   li,  And;   Ki,  O;   U,  Bait. 

'^  Copies  of  this  play  differ  in  title  only,  one  form  having  the  name  inserted,  the 
other  being  anonymous;  it  is  probable  that  the  anonymous  one  is  earlier. 

COPIES. 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6%x4  3/4".  Small  hole  in  Fi;  cropped  at  top,  injuring 
many  headlines;  badly  soiled  throughout.  "Richard  Warner,  1752"  on  title; 
"Sarah  Downes  her  book  1709"  on  verso  title;  "...  Downes  1698  her  book"  at 
end.  The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco, 
with  Garrick's  arms  on  sides,  by  Tuckett  for  the  Museum.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  56. 

[807 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  7x4  34".  Title,  C4,  L2-L4  in  facsimile.  Halli- 
well's  note  on  fly-leal :  "The  Title  &  a  few  leaves  are  in  Facsimile.  A  copy  sold  at 
Sotheby's,  31  March,  1856,  for  £23."  The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy. 
Bound  in  green  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [808 

HUNTINGTON.  714x51/8".  Locker  and  Church  book-plates.  The  Tite  (May, 
1874,  No.  2780),  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy. 
Bound  in  purple  morocco,  elaborately  tooled  sides,  by  Tuckett.  [809 

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ROMEO  AND  JULIET 

ROMEO  AND  JULIET,  n.  d. 

The  Most  I  Excellent  |  And  Lamentable  Tragedie,  |  of  Romeo  and  | 
luliet.  I  As  it  hath  beene  sundrie  times  publikely  Acted,  |  by  the  Kings 
Maiesties  Seruants  |  at  the  Globe.  |  Written  by  W.  Shake-speare  |  Newly 
Corrected,  augmented,  and  amended.  |  [Smethwicke's  device]  |  London,  | 
Printed  for  lohn  Smethwicke,  and  are  to  bee  sold  at  his  Shop  in  |  Saint 
Dunstanes  Church-yard,  in  Fleetestreete  |  vnder  the  Dyall. 

Fourth  edition,  later  title. 

^This  differs  from  the  preceding  only  in  the  title. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7%x5".  Title  mended  in  margins;  stained  throughout.  "Collated 
&  perfect  A.  Dyce"  on  fly-leaf;  old  sale  number,  690,  on  cover.  The  Dyce  (sold, 
1836)  copy.  Purchased,  1836.  Bound  in  old  stamped  calf.  Pressmark,  Malone, 
883.  [810 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  6  %  x  4  %".  Cropped  at  foot,  injuring  some  signatures.  The 
Barton  (sold.  May,  1895)  copy.  Bound  in  green  straight-grained  morocco,  by 
Lewis.  [811 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  e^Yi^xSi/s".  Soiled  throughout.  Huth  book-plate. 
The  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1215),  Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911) 
copy.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [812 

FOLGER.  7  %  X  5".  Title  inlaid,  mended  and  slightly  defective;  last  leaf  mounted. 
The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor 
of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold  December,  1907)  copy.     Bound  in  half  blue  morocco. 

[813 

HUNTINGTON.  lYi^xSyie".  Stabbed  throughout  on  inner  margin.  Utter- 
son,  Ives,  Comyn  and  Church  book-plates.  The  Utterson  (April,  1852,  No.  1692), 
Sotheby  (March  31,  1856,  No.  258),  Ives  (March,  1891,  No.  889),  Comyn 
(March,  1893),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  half  blue  straight- 
grained  morocco.  [814 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7x5  i/g".  Title  mutilated,  lacking  top 
four  lines  and  part  of  fifth  line ;  outer  margin  of  last  leaf  mutilated  and  backed  ;  pro- 
logue pasted  over.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown 
calf,  with  other  plays.     Pressmark,  S.  37.  5.  [815 

WHITE.  6  %  X  5  Ys".  The  Quaritch  (sold,  June,  1892)  copy.  Bound  in  maroon 
morocco,  by  Hayday.  [816 


ROMEO  AND  JULIET,   1637. 

The  Most  I  Excellent  |  And  Lamentable  Tragedie  |  of  Romeo  and  | 
Juliet.  I  As  it  hath  been  sundry  times  publikely  Acted  |  by  the  Kings  Majes- 
ties Servants  |  at  the  Globe.  |  Written  by  W.  Shake-speare.  [  Newly 
corrected,  augmented,  and  amended.    |   [Smethwicke's  device]   |  London, 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 

Printed  by  R.  Young  for  John  Smethwicke,  and  are  to  be  sold  at  |  his  Shop 
in  St.  Dunstans  Church-yard  in  Fleetstreet,  |  under  the  Dyall.     1637. 

Fifth  edition.    A-L*;  total,  44  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %6  x  3  ^Ke"- 
Catchwords:     A2,   Samp.;  Bi,   Enter;   Ci,   Ben.;  Di,  Jul.;   Ei,   the;   Fi,    Tib.;   Gi, 
There;  Hi,  Rom.;  li,  And;  Ki,  O;  Li,  Bait. 

f 

COPIES. 

BIRMINGHAM.  7iX6x5%6"-  F2-L4  extended  in  upper  outer  comer;  iZ-Ls 
have  each  a  few  letters  in  facsimile.  The  Sotheby  (July  28,  1903,  No.  496)  copy. 
Purchased,  March,  1905.     Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [817 

BODLEIAN.  7x5".  Slightly  browned.  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy. 
Inlaid  and  bound  with  Love's  Labors  Lost,  1631,  and  other  plays  in  Vol.  II.  Press- 
mark, Malone,  33.  [818 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7x5  %".  The  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound  in 
red  morocco,  by  Lewis.  [819 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7x4  i3/io".  Title  mended  on  inner  margin  ;  B2  top  corner 
mended ;  L4  has  small  piece  out  of  top  margin,  inner  margin  mended.  The  Garrick 
(bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  sides, 
by  Tuckett  for  the  Museum.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  58.  [820 

CAMBRIDGE  UNIVERSITY.  7x5  %".  Title  injured,  part  of  imprint  torn 
away.  Signature  of  "John  Fitchett  Marsh".  The  Marsh  (May,  1882,  No.  2418), 
Sandars  (bequeathed,  1894)  copy.  Bound  in  green  morocco.  Pressmark,  SSS.  44. 
24.  [821 

CRICHTON  STUART.    The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1301)  copy.  [822 

EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  7x5yi6".  Title  mended  on  lower  margin;  Ci 
extended  on  inner  and  upper  margins;  I2  mended;  K2,  L2,  L3,  remargined  except  at 
inner  side.  The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  by 
Bedford.  [823 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7  ^^  x  5  %q".  Title  and  last  leaf  soiled.  Huth  book- 
plate. The  [Halliwell]  Sotheby  (June,  1859,  No.  343),  Corser  (February,  1871, 
No.  416),  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1216),  Cochran  (presented,  December, 
1911)  copy.     Bound  in  red  morocco,  entirely  uncut,  by  Bedford.  [824 

ETON  COLLEGE.  7^16x5%".  L4  torn  in  margin.  The  Storer  (bequeathed, 
1799)  copy.    Interleaved  and  bound  with  Henry  IV,  1639,  in  Vol.  I.  [825 

FOLGER.  7x5".  Title  mended  ;  F4  mended,  injuring  nine  lines;  last  leaf  mended 
in  margin.  The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon, 
ancestor  of  Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold,  December,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  half  blue 
morocco.  [826 

FOLGER.  The  Halliwell  Rarities  (sold,  January,  1897,  No.  45),  Perry  (sold, 
March,  1907)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Pratt.  [827 

FOLGER.  Several  leaves  mended.  Probably  the  Sotheby  (May  24,  1856,  No.  352), 
George  Smith  (July,  1867,  No.  2584)  copy.  The  Kalbfleisch  (sold,  c.  1900)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  uncut,  by  Bedford.  [828 

FOLGER.  7  %  X  5  %".  The  Sotheby  (June  20,  1904,  No.  630)  copy.  Bound 
in  modern  vellum.  [829 

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ROMEO  AND  JULIET 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [830 

HUNTINGTON.  7  %  x  5  i/a"-  Jonas  book-plate.  The  [Jonas]  Sotheby  (March 
15,  1911,  No.  516)  copy.  Bound  in  white  levant  morocco,  gilt  tooling,  uncut,  by 
Riviere.  [830* 

MURRAY.  6i^i6x5%6"-  Title  torn  in  upper  margin;  foxed.  "J.  Mitford, 
1819.  May  1819"  and  seventeen  lines  of  note  on  front  fly-leaf;  twelve  line  note 
also  by  Mitford  on  back  fly-leaf.  Book-plate  of  John  Murray.  The  Mitford 
(April,  1860,  No.  3499)   copy.     Bound  in  half  brown  calf,  marbled  paper  sides. 

[831 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  6  is/jg  x5  Ke"-  Lower  portion  of  title  torn  away, 
several  words  lacking  in  imprint.  The  H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox 
(incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870;  New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy.  Bound 
in  green  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [832 

PICKERING  &  CHATTO.  6  is/io  x  4  i-Ke".  L3  in  facsimile;  Li  has  a  few 
words  in  facsimile;  C2  shaved  on  front  margin.  The  Fitzgerald  (June,  1907,  No. 
235 )  copy.    Bound  in  green  levant  morocco,  by  Larkins.  [833 

SHAKSPERE  SOCIETY  OF  PHILADELPHIA.  6  ^x  4  3/8".  Ci,  Cs,  L2-L4 
and  last  two  lines  of  title  lacking;  C*  mended  in  margins,  some  words  lacking; 
cropped  at  foot,  injuring  some  signatures.  The  Halliwell  (presented,  March, 
1870)  copy.     Bound  in  old  sprinkled  calf.  [834 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7^x5".  The  Capell  (presented,  June, 
1779)  copy.    Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  other  plays.    Pressmark,  S.  34.  1.        [835 

WHITE.  6%x4%".  Small  portion  of  margin  of  title  mended;  Ci,  L2,  Ls 
extended  on  outer  and  lower  margins;  cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  The 
Ellis  (sold,  June,  1896)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco.  [836 

WRENN,  Estate  of  J.  H.  7  %  x4%".  The  Sotheby  (May  25,  1905,  No.  640), 
Van  Antwerp  (March,  1907,  No.  204)  copy.  Bound  in  crimson  levant  morocco, 
uncut  at  foot,  by  Riviere.  [837 


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TAMING  OF  THE  SHREW. 


TAMING  OF  THE  SHREW,  1631. 

A  Wittie  I  and  Pleasant  |  Comedie  |  Called  |  The  Taming  of  the  Shrew.  | 
As  it  was  acted  by  his  Maiesties  |  Seruants  at  the  Blacke  Friers  |  and  the 
Globe.  I  Written  by  Will.  Shakespeare.  |  [Smethwicke's  device]  |  Lon- 
don, j  Printed  by  W.  S.  for  lohn  Smethwicke,  and  are  to  be  |  sold  at  his 
Shop  in  Saint  Dunstones  Church-|yard  vnder  the  Diall.    |  1631. 

First  edition.    A-I*;   total,  36  leaves.    Type-page,  6  %  x  3  %". 

Catchwords:  A2,  I;  Bi,  Lord;  Ci,  Gru.;  Di,  Talke;  Ei,  'Twill;  Fi,  So;  Gi, 
And ;  Hi,  Euen ;   li,  Gre. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  7  %  X  5  %".  Front  edges  uncut.  Bound  in  half  calf.  Pressmark, 
Malone,  912.  [838 

BODLEIAN.  7x5  %".  Cropped  at  foot,  date  cut  from  title,  signatures  and  catch- 
words injured  throughout;  E3  torn  at  foot.  "1631"  on  title;  old  number  "945" 
on  fly.  The  Farmer  (May,  1798,  No.  7872)  copy,  purchased,  1842.  Bound  in  half 
calf.    Pressmark,  Malone,  885.  [839 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  7  i-Xo.x  5  ^/is"-  Title  extended  at  upper  margin  and 
washed;  a  few  blank  margins  mended.  The  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy. 
Bound  in  blue  levant  morocco,  gilt  tooling,  many  leaves  uncut.  [840 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  6  ^q  x  4  %".  Lower  corner  of  title  cut,  injuring  parts  of 
tw'o  words;  all  margins  cut  close ;  badly  torn  and  mended.  Portrait  of  Shakespeare 
inserted.  "John  Crump"  on  title.  Dramatis  Personnae  on  verso  title  in  old 
handwriting.    The  Barton  (sold,  May,  1873)  copy.     Bound  in  old  sprinkled  calf. 

[841 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  7  y^  x  S^"-  Title  mounted  on  inner  margin,  1  Y/'.  The 
King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy.  Bound  in  half  morocco.  Pressmark, 
C.  12.  g.  25.  [842 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  %  x  5".  Title  badly  mutilated,  top  cut  off,  injuring 
"Wittie"  and  all  below  "Written  by"  gone;  badly  cropped,  injuring  many 
catchwords  and  signatures;  headlines  on  sheet  E  slightly  cut.  The  Garrick  (be- 
queathed, January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  Garrick's  arms  on  back. 
Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  59.  [843 

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CAMBRIDGE  UNIVERSITY.  6 -^x  411/10".  Title,  Hi-H4,  li,  H4,  lacking; 
title  replaced  in  facsimile;  badly  cropped  and  washed.  On  fly-leaf  "Saml.  Sandars 
A.  M.  Trin.  Coll.  Cant.  London,  1888".  Inscription  partially  cut  away  on  A2. 
The  Sandars  (bequeathed,  1894)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  Press- 
mark, SSS.  32.  17.  [844 
CRICHTON  STUART.  [845 
EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY.  7%x5  3/i6".  Title  mended  and  backed;  A2 
extended  on  outer  margin ;  A4  extended  on  upper  margin ;  I2-I4  mended  in  outer 
margin;  the  date  on  the  title  is  supplied  from  another  genuine  copy  of  the  same 
edition.  Note  on  fly-leaf  by  Halliwell.  The  Halliwell  (presented,  1872)  copy. 
Bound  in  green  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [846 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  7  %  x4  is^le"-  I*  mended  in  blank  margin.  The 
Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by 
Bedford.  [847 

ETON  COLLEGE.  7  i/ig  x  5  ^q".  Title  shaved  at  top.  The  Storer  (bequeathed, 
1779)  copy.  Bound  in  sprinkled  calf,  with  Richard  II,  1634,  and  other  plays  in 
Vol.  IV.  [848 

FOLGER.  Title-page  slightly  mended.  The  Halliwell  Rarities  (sold,  January, 
1897,  No.  11),  Perry  (sold,  March,  1907)  copy.  Bound  in  olive  green  morocco, 
by  Bedford.  [849 

FOLGER.    The  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.  (sold,  June,  1901)  copy.  [850 

FOLGER.    The  Warwick  copy.  [851 

FOLGER.    Very  imperfect.    The  Jonas  (sold.  May,  1903)  copy.  [852 

FURNESS.     7x415/16"-     Title  washed  and  has  the  date  cut  out  and   skillfully 

mended  to  look  like  an  undated  edition;  Hi-H4  remargined.    The  Bright  (March, 

1845,  No.  5108),  Halliwell  (presented,  April,  1871)  copy.     Bound  in  red  levant 

morocco,  by  Bedford.  [853 

HUNTINGTON.  8x5  ^g".  Title  extended  and  mended  in  margins.  Church 
book-plate.  The  Pope  (sold,  December,  1895),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  blue  levant  doublures,  gilt  borders,  some  edges  uncut, 
by  Motte.  [854 

MORGAN.  7  %x5  14".  I4  mended  in  outer  margin.  "W.  Tite,  1851,  Sotheby" 
inside  cover.  The  Sotheby  (1851),  Tite  (June,  1874,  No.  2782),  Asay  (sold, 
December,  1881),  Irwin  (sold,  March,  1900)  copy.  Bound  in  purple  straight- 
grained  morocco,  by  Clarke.  [855 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC.  7  %  x  5  Yiq".  Wormhole  in  upper  blank  margin.  The 
H.  Stevens  (sold,  December,  1855),  Lenox  (incorporated  as  Lenox  Library,  1870; 
New  York  Public,  May,  1895)  copy.     Bound  in  red  morocco,  by  Mackenzie.  [856 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  7%x5%".  The  Capell  (presented, 
June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  brown  calf,  with  Spenser's  Colin  Clout,  etc.  Press- 
mark, Q.  10.  5.  [857 

WHITE.  6%x4".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines.  The  Perkins  (July, 
1889,  No.  1716)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  in  red  morocco,  with  Perkins's  arms  on 
covers.  [858 


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TITUS  ANDRONICUS. 


TITUS  ANDRONICUS,  1594. 

The  I  Most  La-|mentable  Romaine  |  Tragedie  of  Titus  Andronicus:  | 
As  it  was  Plaide  by  the  Right  Ho-|nourable  the  Earle  of  Darbie,  Earle 
of  Pembrooke  |  and  Earle  of  Sussex  their  Seruants.  |  [Danter's  device]  | 
London,  |  Printed  by  lohn  Danter,  and  are  |  to  be  sold  by  Edward  White 
&  Thomas  Millington,  |  at  the  little  North  doore  of  Paules  at  the  |  signe  of 
the  Gunne.   |  1594. 

First  edition.     A-K* ;    tot.ol,  40  leaves.    Ai  blank ;   title,  A2.     Type-page, 
Catchwords:    A2,  ;   Bi,  ;   Ci,  ;   Ei,  ;    Fi,  ;   Gi,  ;    Hi, 

;  li,  ;  Ki, 

COPIES. 

FOLGER.  B2  torn  at  foot,  two  letters  lacking  on  recto  and  seven  on  verso.  Belonged 
to  Charles  Robson  of  Stockholm,  Sweden,  who  lived  1735-1794;  acquired  during  the 
19th  century  by  Herr  Krafft,  whose  son  sold  it  through  Sotheran  to  Mr.  Folger 
in  January,  1905.  [859 


TITUS  ANDRONICUS,  1600. 

The  most  lamenta-jble  Romaine  Tragedie  of  Titus  |  Andronicus.  |  As 
it  hath  sundry  times  beene  playde  by  the  |  Right  Honourable  the  Earle  of 
Pembrooke,  the  |  Earle  of  Darbie,  the  Earle  of  Sussex,  and  the  |  Lorde 
Chamberlaine  theyr  |  Seruants  |  [Ornament]  |  At  London,  |  Printed  by 
I.  R.  for  Edward  White  |  and  are  to  bee  solde  at  his  shoppe,  at  the  little 
I  North  doore  of  Paules,  at  the  signe  of  |  the  Gun.     1600. 

Second  edition.    A-K'* ;  total,  40  leaves.    Size  of  type-page,  5  i%6  x  3  ^^". 
Catchwords:     A2,  Marcus:  Bi,  Vpright;   Ci,  And;   Di,  Moore;  Ei,   Demet.;   Fi, 
Titus;  Gi,  I;   Hi,  But;   li,  When;   Ki,  And. 

COPIES. 

BRIDGEWATER  HOUSE.  6  ^%f,  x  4  %".  Acquired  prior  to  1649,  when  it  was 
catalogued  by  John,  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater.  Bound  in  green  morocco,  with 
arms  of  the  Marquis  of  Stafford,  many  leaves  uncut  at  foot,  by  Murton.  [860 

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EDINBURGH  UNIVERSITY,  ey^exiyn".  Cs  and  C4  mended;  some  num- 
bers in  ink  on  title;  few  leaves  stained  at  bottom.  The  Drummond  (presented, 
1627)  copy.  Bound  in  blue  levant  morocco,  with  arms  of  Edinburgh  University  on 
covers.  [861 


TITUS  ANDRONICUS,  1611. 

The  J  Most  Lamen-|table  Tragedie  |  of  Titus  Andronicus.  |  As  it  hath 
sundry  f  times  beene  plaide  by  the  Kings  |  Maiesties  Seruants.  |  [Device]  | 
London,  |  Printed  for  Eedward  [sic]  White,  and  are  to  be  solde  |  at  his 
shoppe,  nere  the  little  North  dore  of  |  Pauls,  at  the  signe  of  the  |  Gun. 
161 1. 

Third  edition.    A-K*;  total,  40  leaves.    Type-page,  5  i%6  x  3  %". 

Catchwords:  A2,  Marcus;  Bi,  Vpright;  Ci,  And;  Di,  Moore;  Ei,  Demet;  Fi, 
Titus;  Gi,  I;   Hi,  But;   li,  when;   Ki,  And. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  6%x4%6".  Long  note  by  Malone  facing  title  and  on  back  of 
title:  "Langbaine  appears  to  have  possessed  an  edition  of  this  play  printed  in  1594. 
'This  play'  says  he  'was  first  printed  at  London  1594  and  acted  by  the  Earls  of 
Darby  Pembroke  and  Essex  their  servants'.  Doubtless  he  had  it  before  him.  The 
description  of  the  companies  by  whom  it  was  plaid  is  different  both  from  the  enumera- 
tion of  the  edition  of  1600  and  that  at  the  head  of  A2  1611.  In  the  year  1800  a  copy 
of  this  play  printed  in  1600  was  discovered  in  the  Duke  of  Bridgewater's  Library  at 
Ashridge  which  has  since  been  removed  to  London.  I  have  collated  the  present  copy 
with  it,  and  the  variations  are  set  down.  No  other  copy  of  the  edition  of  1600, 
except  this  of  the  D  of  Bs  is  known  to  exist ;  nor  was  it  ever  seen  by  any  of  the 
editors  of  Shakespeare  before  1800.  The  title  of  the  edition  of  1600,  which  is  in 
4to  is  as  follows  (etc)."  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound 
with  other  plays  in  Vol.  V.     Pressmark,  Malone,  37.  [862 

BOSTON  PUBLIC.  6  1^6  x  4%"-  Title  in  Harris's  facsimile;  K4  mended  on 
inner  margin.  The  Rodd  (sold,  1842),  Barton  (sold.  May,  1873)  copy.  Bound 
in  red  morocco,  by  Lewis.  [863 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6%x4%".  Hi  lacking;  margins  of  Es,  I2  mended.  The 
King  George  III  (presented,  January,  1823)  copy.  Bound  in  half  morocco.  Press- 
mark, C.  12.  g.  16.  [864 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6i%6x4^%6".  Title  lacking;  slightly  soiled  through- 
out. The  Garrick  (bequeathed,  January,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in  red  morocco,  with 
Garrick's  arms  on  sides,  by  Tuckett,  for  the  Museum.    Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  60. 

[865 

CRICHTON  STUART.  [866 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  e^YiaxAVs".  A2  and  As  mended  in  blank  corners. 
Huth  book-plate.  The  Daniel  (July,  1864,  No.  1444),  Huth  (November,  1911, 
No.  1207),  Cochran  (presented,  December,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  green  levant 
morocco,  by  Lewis.  [867 

[  no  ] 


TITUS  ANDRONICUS 

FOLGER.  7  34x5  %".  Wormholes  in  a  few  top  margins,  a  few  letters  injured. 
The  Jennens  (collected,  c.  1740,  bequeathed,  1773,  to  W.  P.  A.  Curzon,  ancestor  of 
Lord  Howe),  Howe  (sold,  December,  1907)  copy.     Bound  in  half  blue  morocco. 

[868 

FOLGER.    Title  in  facsimile.     Purchased  from  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.  [869 

HUNTINGTON.  6x3  %".  Cropped  on  all  margins  so  that  some  letters  are 
injured.  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1798."  "The  Ms.  variations  in  the 
margins  of  this  play  are  from  the  Revd.  Mr.  Todd's  collation  with  the  Duke  of 
Bridgewater's  copy,  4to.  1600,  which  was  lately  found  in  his  Grace's  Library  at 
Ashridge.  J.  P.  K.  1803".  The  Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold, 
January,  1914)  copy.    Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays  in  Vol.  305.  [870 

HUNTINGTON.  7ysx5%e'\  Church  book-plate.  The  Sotheby  (February 
26,  1901,  No.  1506),  Church  (sold,  April,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  red  levant 
morocco,  red  levant  doublures  elaborately  tooled,  red  silk  end  papers,  by  Club 
Bindery,  1901,  for  Mr.  Church.  "     [871 

PERRY.  7x4  %".  Manuscript  notes  by  Mr.  Locker  and  book-plate.  The  Locker 
(sold,  January,  1905),  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co.  (sold,  April,  1905)  copy.  Bound  in  red 
levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [872 

QUARITCH.  7  %6  x  5  i/g".  The  Cope  (March,  1913,  No.  186)  copy.  Bound  in 
red  levant  morocco,  by  Riviere.  [873 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  TYixSy^".  Additional  stage  direc- 
tions in  old  hand  on  K2,  verso.  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound 
in  brown  calf,  manv  fore  edges  uncut,  with  other  old  plays.     Pressmark,  R.  19.  4. 

[874 

WHITE.  7x5".  Title  much  washed.  The  Perkins  (July,  1889,  No.  1704)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  morocco,  Perkins's  arms  on  covers.  [875 


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TROILUS  AND  CRESSIDA. 


TROILUS  AND  CRESSIDA,   1609. 

The  I  Historic  of  Troylus  |  and  Cresseida.  |  As  it  was  acted  by  the 
Kings  Maiesties  |  seruants  at  the  Globe.  ]  Written  by  William  Shake- 
speare. I  [Ornament]  |  London  |  Imprinted  by  G.  Eld  for  R.  Bonian  and 
H.  Walley,  and  |  are  to  be  sold  at  the  spred  Eagle  in  Paules  |  Church-yeard, 
ouer  against  the  |  great  North  doore.  |  1609. 
First  edition,  first  issue.    A-L*;   IVP;   total,  46  leaves.    M^  blank.    Type-page,  6  %8 

Catchwords:     A2,  As;  Bi,  heires;  Ci,   Successe;   Di,   Will;   Ei,  melan-;  Fi,  Hell. 
Com-;  Gi,  At;  Hi,  Cres.;  li,  Vl'tss.;  Ki,  Tat.;  Li,  He;  Mi,  He. 
*  There  are  two  issues  of  this  year;  this  one  has  no  Prologue. 

COPIES. 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6  %  x  4  is/ig".  Small  hole  in  Mi ;  stained.  With  "George 
Steevens"  on  title  and  Roxburghe  arms.  The  Steevens  (May,  1800,  No.  1305), 
Roxburghe  (May,  1812,  No.  3846),  King  George  III  (presented,  1823)  copy. 
Inlaid  and  bound  in  half  red  morocco.     Pressmark,  163.  i.  12.  [876 

ELIZABETHAN  CLUB.  1  %x  5".  Huth  book-plate.  With  title  and  prologue 
of  second  issue  (2  leaves,  the  second  marked  "II2")  inserted  before  first  title.  Ai,  the 
first  title,  has  watermark  like  rest  of  book,  ][  and  ^2  have  no  watermark.  The  Daniel 
(July,  1864,  No.  1439),  Huth  (November,  1911,  No.  1199),  Cochran  (presented, 
December,  1911)  copy.  Bound  in  light  brown  straight-grained  morocco,  with  George 
Daniel's  monogram  on  front  cover,  by  Lewis.  [877 

HUNTINGTON.  6%x4^6"-  Cropped,  injuring  title  and  many  headlines. 
Signature  and  note  of  Humphrey  Dyson:  "Written  by  William  Shakespeare  & 
printed  amongst  his  workes".  "Collated  &  Perfect.  J.  P.  K.  1798."  The  Dyson, 
Kemble  (sold,  1821),  Devonshire  (sold,  January,  1914)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound 
with  other  plays  in  Vol.  305.  [878 


TROILUS  AND  CRESSIDA,  1609. 

The  I  Famous  Historie  of  |  Troylus  and  Cresseid.    |  Excellently  express- 
ing the  beginning  |  of  their  loues,  with  the  conceited  wooing  |  of  Pandarus 

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Prince  of  LIcia.  |  Written  by  William  Shakespeare.  |  [Ornament]  | 
London  |  Imprinted  by  G.  Eld  for  R.  Bonian  and  H.  Walley,  and  |  are  to 
be  sold  at  the  spred  Eagle  in  Paules  |  Church-yeard,  ouer  against  the  |  great 
North  doore.    |  1609. 

First  edition,  second  issue,     ^f^;    A^-A*;    B-L*;    M^;    total,  46  leaves.     Type-page, 

6%6x3  3/8". 

Catchwords:    ^2,  muck;  A2,  As;  Bi,  heires;  Ci,  Successe;  Di,  Will;  Ei,  melan-;  Fi, 
Hell.  Com-;  Gi,  At;  Hi,  Cres.;  li,  Fliss.;  Ki,  Tat.;  Li,  He;  Mi,  He. 
5|<The  second  issue  with  the  Prologue. 

COPIES. 

BODLEIAN.  6%x^y4".  Ci-L4  slightly  stained ;  title  brown;  ^[2  stained.  Note 
by  Malone  facing  title:  "There  is  another  copy  of  this  play,  for  it  appears  to  be  the 
same  edition,  running  to  sig.  M,  of  which  Pope  was  possessed.  In  the  title-page 
are  the  words  'As  it  was  acted  by  the  King's  Majesty's  servants  at  the  Globe'  and 
the  word  famous  is  omitted.  For  Cresseid,  it  has  Cresseida.  It  was  printed  for  the 
same  booksellers  in  the  year  i6og;  and  so  says  the  titlepage.  Mr.  Pope  having 
thought  it  unnecessary  to  repeat  the  year,  it  has  been  erroneously  supposed  that  the 
copy  in  which  the  play  is  said  to  have  been  acted  at  the  Globe  was  undated,  but  that 
is  not  the  fact.  I  have  now  seen  the  copy,  which  is  in  Mr.  Kemble's  possession.  I 
do  not  find  that  there  is  any  other  authority  than  the  misapprehension  of  Pope's  words 
for  supposing  that  there  was  any  edition  of  this  play  printed  without  a  date.  The 
only  difference  between  the  copy  that  mentions  the  play's  being  acted  &  the  other 
is  in  the  titlepage,  and  in  the  omission  of  the  preface  in  that  copy  which  would  have 
been  inconsistent  with  that  titlepage:  for  in  this  preface  is  asserted  that  the  play 
had  never  been  performed  on  the  stage;  as  soon  as  that  was  found  to  be  a  false 
assertion  the  booksellers  cancelled  the  preface  and  inserted  the  words  As  it  was  acted, 
etc."  The  Malone  (presented,  1821)  copy.  Inlaid  and  bound  with  other  plays 
in  Vol.  V.    Pressmark,  Malone,  36.  [879 

BRITISH  MUSEUM.  6%x4i%6"-  Small  rust  holes  in  A2,  As,  B4;  Gi 
mended  in  two  places.  Manuscript  note  by  Halliwell:  "This  beautifully  clean  per- 
fect copy  of  the  first  edition  of  Troilus  &  Cressida,  with  the  preface  has  never  been 
in  any  sale  and  is  perfectly  genuine  throughout,  having  httn  cut  out  by  myself  from 
a  volume  of  tracts  collected  and  bound  at  the  period".  The  Halliwell  (sold, 
November  9,  1858)  copy.     Bound  in  brown  morocco.     Pressmark,  C.  34.  k.  61. 

[880 

DYCE  COLLECTION.  7%6x5".  Title  mended;  Di-Ds  and  Mi  apparently 
from  much  smaller  copv  and  inlaid  on  modern  paper;  many  leaves  stained.  "C.  P. 
A.  Dyce";  "Wm.  Wavell  (?)"  on  title.  The  Dyce  (bequeathed,  1869)  copy. 
Bound  in  olive  morocco.  [881 

ETON  COLLEGE.  lYsX^YW-  Mi  torn,  some  words  in  facsimile;  title 
mended;  D3  torn;  stained.  The  Storer  (bequeathed,  1799)  copy.  Bound  with 
other  plays  in  Vol.  IV.  [882 

HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  4  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  first  line  of  title  and 
headlines  throughout.  Locker  and  Church  book-plates.  Probably  the  Ives  (March, 
1891,  No.  890)  copy.  The  Locker  (sold,  January,  1905),  Church  (sold,  April, 
1911)  copy.    Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [883 

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HUNTINGTON.  6  %  x  4  i%c".  Small  hole  in  A4  and  La.  Book-plate  of  R. 
Hoe.  The  Pope  (sold,  June,  1895),  Hoe  (November,  1912,  No.  2892)  copy. 
Bound  in  red  levant  morocco,  by  Bedford.  [883* 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  CAMBRIDGE.  6  %  x  5".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring 
many  headlines;  Prologue,  line  six,  "your"  corrected  to  "that";  five  lines  from  end, 
"them"  corrected  to  "it."  The  Capell  (presented,  June,  1779)  copy.  Bound  in 
brown  calf,  with  other  plays.     Pressmark,  T.  7.  1.  [884 

WHITE.  6  ^Yie  x4  %".  Cropped  at  top,  injuring  some  headlines,  top  line  of  title 
and  some  top  lines  of  text.  The  Perkins  (July,  1889,  No.  1702)  copy.  Bound  in 
red  morocco,  Perkins's  arms  on  covers.  [885 


TROILUS  AND  CRESSIDA,  1609. 
Issue  Uncertain. 

COPY. 
CRICHTON  STUART.  [886 


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UNIDENTIFIED  COPIES. 


The  following  copies  have  been  listed  in  sales  but  without  sufficient 
description  to  enable  us  to  identify  them  in  the  hands  of  the  present  owners. 
It  is  probable  that  by  far  the  greater  part  are  included  in  the  Census  but 
this  list  is  given  in  case  copies  turn  up  hereafter  which  may  be  traced  from 
these  records.  When  the  name  of  an  owner  is  given  in  brackets,  that  sale 
was  anonymous  and  the  auctioneer's  name  is  given;  where  the  books  were 
sold  under  the  owner's  name,  the  auctioneer  is  omitted.  Where  a  copy 
has  been  listed  in  several  sales  but  has  not  been  traced  to  its  present  owner, 
the  earlier  records  are  given  under  the  latest  known  date. 


HAMLET,  1611.  No. 

Christie,  Apr.  25,  1804.    To  Street.  95 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2098 

Jadis,  Mar.  1828.    To  Nichol.  168 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1858.    Morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Thomson.  315 
[Cope,  Sir  Anthony],  Sotheby,  Mar.  4,  1913.    Morocco.    Holes  in  D4  and  Ms. 

To  Sabin.  185 

HAMLET,  n.  d. 

Pearson,  Apr.  1788.    To  Tonson.  3950 

Bindley,  Feb.  1819.    To  Lepard.  2046 

Sotheby,  May  24,  1856.    Ni  lacking;  uncut.    To  Lilly.  351 

[Halliwelll,  Sotheby,  June,  1858.    Morocco,  uncut,  by  Bedford.    To  Thomson.  314 

Perkins,  July,  1889.    Few  headlines  cut  into.    Red  morocco.  1697 
Sotheby,  July  13,  1909.     Bound  with  other  pamphlets,  old  calf;  3  leaves  shaved. 
From  library  of  German  nobleman  whose  ancestor  bought  plays  in  England 

1 50  years  ago.    To  Tregaskis.  322 

Sotheby,  Dec.  1,  1910.    Unbound,  few  headlines  cut  into.    To  Desborough.  134 

HAMLET,  1637. 

Farmer,  May,  1798.    To  Egerton.  7871 

Brand,  May,  1807.  6449 

Malone,  Nov.  1818.  2532 

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Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2099 

[Inglis],  Sotheby,  Apr.  12,  1826.    To  Harding.  108 

Heber,  June,  1834.  5471 

Jollev,  June,  1844.    To  Thorpe.  607 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,  1856.    Morocco.    To  Lilly.  335 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1859.    Lacking  title.  345 

Marsh,  May,  1882.    Half  calf.  2405 

[Simes],  Sotheby,  July,  1886.     Morocco,  several  leaves  uncut.  1534 
Sotheby,  June  16,  1910.    Some  leaves  defective,  title  and  some  margins  mended. 

Morocco.    To  Pickering.  108 

HAMLET,  1676. 

Reid,  Nov.  2,  1807.    To  Thomas.  8417 

Bindley,  Feb.  1819.    To  Triphook.  2049 

Pickering,  Aug.  7,  1854.     (With  others.)  3131 

Harrison  of  Samlesbury,  Jan.  1881.  919 

Harrison  of  Samlesbury,  Jan.  1881.    Half  morocco,  with  manuscript  notes.  920 

Marsh,  May,  1882.    Half  calf.    With  other  plays.  2421 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.    Half  morocco,  with  other  title  added.  4074 

Sotheby,  June,  1892.    Half  bound.    To  Pickering.  802 

Lamb,  Edinburgh,  Feb.  1898.    Boards.    To  Grant.  1102 

[Constable],  Sotheby,  Nov.  1899.    With  other  plays.    To  Pickering.  593 

Hodgson,  Nov.  29,  1906.    Calf,  with  other  plays.    To  Tregaskis.  97 

Sotheby,  Dec.  14,  1906.    Half  morocco.    To  Hozier.  396 

Humphries,  May  27,  1913.    Morocco,  by  Broca.    To  Young.  127 

HAMLET,  1683. 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.                          _  2101 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.    With  manuscript  notes.    Half  morocco.  4073 

Young,  Dec.  1895.    To  Sotheran.  828 

[Mann],    Anderson,    Apr.    1907.      Margins    of    last    4    leaves  strengthened. 

Morocco.  1219 

[Jonas],  Sotheby,  Mar.  15,  1911.    Half  calf.    To  Warren.  523 
[Adler],  Sotheby,  June  20,  1912.    Margin  of  last  leaf  mended.    Half  morocco. 

(Sotheby,  Mar.  21,  1905,  No.  261.)     To  Goss.  315 

HAMLET,  1695. 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Vaughan.  628 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Vaughan.  629 

Sotheby,  Apr.  12,  1864.    Red  morocco.    To  Smith.  658 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.    End  leaves  slightly  defective.     Half  morocco.  4073 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.    Margin  of  title  and  few  leaves  mended.  4073 
[Jonas],  Sotheby,  Mar.  15,  1911.     Half  morocco.     (Sotheby,  July,  1889,  No. 

898.)     To  Warren.  524 

HAMLET,  1703. 

Burton,  Oct.  8,  1860.  4660 

Daniel,  July,  1864.    To  Lilly.  1442 

Sotheby,  Mar.  14,  1870.    To  Trimmins.  568* 

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UNIDENTIFIED  COPIES 

Harrison  of  Samlesbury,  Jan.  1881.    Half  morocco.  921 

Marshall,  July,  1890.    Title  backed.    Half  morocco.  1174 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.    Half  morocco.  4073 

Bangs,  Jan.  15,  1900.    Half  leather,  uncut.  443 

Hodgson,  Nov.  6,  1901.    Some  pages  mended.    Old  calf.    To  Quaritch.                177 

Sotheby,  June  20,  1904.    Unbound.    To  J.  Paul.  435 

Sotheby,  Feb.  23,  1905.    "Barnardo."    To  Denby.  154 

Sotheby,  June  27,  1906.    "Barnardo."    To  Parr.  362 

Sotheby,  Dec.  19,  1910.    "Barnardo."    To  Ripley.  144 
[Jonas],  Sotheby,  Mar.  17,  1911.     Half  morocco.     (Halliwell,  July,  1889,  No. 

898.)                                                            _  525 

[Jonas],  Sotheby,  Mar.  17,  1911.    Lacking  title  and  next  leaf.  525 

HENRY  IV,  1599. 

White  Knights,  Tune,  1819.    To  Jervis.  3955 

White  Knights,  June,  1819.  3956 

Bright,  Mar.  1845.    Lacks  last  4  leaves.    To  Pickering.  5101 

Utterson,  Apr.  1852.     Title  mended,  some  leaves  cut  close.  Green  morocco. 

To  Walker.  1685 
Sotheby,  1856.    Title  mended,  a  few  headlines  cropped.    Green  morocco.    Prob- 
ably Utterson  copy.  254 
Daniel,  July,  1864.     Half  morocco.    To  Stevens.     (Sold  to  Griswold.)  1429 
McKee,  Apr.  1901.    Lacks  title,  corners  of  5  leaves  mended.  Red  morocco,  by 
J.  B.  Brechin.  2608 

HENRY  IV,  1608. 

Tyssen,  Dec.  1801.  2284 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2086 

HENRY  IV,  1613. 

[Inglis],  Sotheby,  Apr.  12,  1826.    To  Redd.  98 

Jadis,  Mar.  1828.    Olive  morocco.    To  Thorpe.  164 

Heber,  June,  1834.  5457 

HENRY  IV,  1622. 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2087 

HENRY  IV,  1632. 

Farmer,  May,  1798.    To  Forster.  7876 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,  1856.    Morocco.    To  Stevens.  341 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,  1857.    Morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Morrison.  865 

HENRY  IV,  1639. 

Pearson,  Apr.  1788.  3955 

Farmer,  May,  1798.    To  Forster.  7878 

Christie,  Apr.  25,  1804.    To  Street.  88 

Bindley,  Feb.  1819.    To  Triphook.  2048 

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White  Knights,  June,  1819.    To  Rodd.  3956 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2088 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Thorpe.  593 
[Alvanley,  Lord],  Sotheby,  Feb.  15,  1858.     (With  others  not  Shakespeare,  one 

lot.)  To  Burrestead.  1543 
Mitford,  Apr.  1860.  3500 
Sotheby,  1865.  Morocco,  by  Bedford.  To  Burrestead.  956 
Marsh,  1882.  Citron  morocco,  few  headlines  cut.  Steevens  copy,  with  auto- 
graph. To  Pearson.  2406 
Mackenzie,  Mar.  1 889.  Lacks  portion  of  last  leaf.  Half  morocco.  1 876 
Sotheby,  July  18,  1900.  Lacks  E2.  Old  MS.  notes,  unbound.  To  Pickering.  1208 
Anderson,  May  28,  1906.    Lacks  title.    Morocco,  margins  of  5  leaves  mended.    750 

HENRY  IV,  1700. 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Rodd.  594 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1859.  270 

Burton,  Oct.  8,  1860.     Half  morocco.  4618 

Sotheby,  Apr.  12,  1864.    To  Thompson.  661 

[Smith],  Sotheby,  July,  1867.    To  Pickering.  2585 

Harrison  of  Samlesbury,  Jan.  1881.    Half  morocco.  922 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  July,  1889.     Half  morocco,  by  Bedford.  901 

Sotheby,  Feb.  1906.    Unbound.    To  Maggs.  966 

HENRY  IV,  PART  2,  1600. 

Tyssen,  Dec.  1801.     With  "11  December  1610.  price  v  d."  in  contemporary 

hand.  2285 

Roxburghe,  May,  1812.                ...  .                        ^835 

Utterson,  Apr.  1852.     2  leaves  in  facsimile.     Green  morocco,  gilt  edges.     To 

Halliwell.  1687 

Sotheby,   1871.     Green  morocco.     2  leaves  in  facsimile.      (Probably  Utterson 

copy.)     To  Ellis.  258 

HENRY  V,  1608  [1619]. 

Beauclerk,  Apr.  1781.  4404 

Farmer,  May,  1798.    To  Barker.  7859 

Ireland,  May,  1801.    To  Barker.  474 

Tyssen,  Dec.  1801.  2279 

[Grafton],  Evans,  June,  1815.  705 

Bindley,  Feb.  1819.    To  Triphook.  2047 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2091 

[Inglis],  Sotheby,  Apr.  12,  1826.    To  Rodd.  93 

Dent,  Apr.  1827.    To  Thorpe.  1031 

Heber,  June,  1834.  5462 

Heber,  Dec.  1834.     Morocco.  2020 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Pickering.  603 

Holgate,  June,  1846.    Red  morocco.  825 

Puttick,  Apr.  16,  1849.    Calf,  gilt  edges.  323 

Knight,  Aug.  1850.  627 

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UNIDENTIFIED  COPIES 

Utterson,  Apr.  1852.    Green  morocco,  gilt  edges.    To  Walker.  1694 

Loscombe,  June,  1854.     Half  red  morocco.    To  Halliwell.  1042 

Gardner,  J.  D.,  July,  1854.    Old  calf.    To  Skeffington.  2197 

Gancia,  June,  1856.    Large  copy.    To  Boone.  551 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1858.    Morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Lilly.  325 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1859.     Morocco,  by  Bedford.  335 

Sotheby,  Mar.  21,  1864.    Olive  morocco,  by  Bedford.  109 

Sotheby,  Nov.  21,  1864.  Red  morocco,  by  Lewis.  To  Quaritch.  281 
Sotheby,   1864.     Red  morocco,  by  Lewis.     Margins  of  last  leaf  mended.     To 

Ellis.  76 

Sotheby,  Aug.  11,  1865.    Ca  defective.    To  Halliwell.  143 

[Smith],  Sotheby,  July,  1867.    Green  morocco,  by  Lewis.    To  Lilly.  2577 

Corser,  Feb.  1871.    Headlines  cropped  on  some  pages.  405 

Tite,  May,  1874.     Half  morocco.    To  Ellis.  2740 

Craufurd,  July,  1876.     Red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  1035 

Gardner,  C.  D.,  June,  1880.    Purple  morocco,  by  Hayday.    To  Quaritch.  1423 

Marsh,  May,  1882.     (Steevens,  May,  1800,  No.  1272.)  2407 

Puttick,  1883.     Morocco,  lower  corner  of  title  mended.  608 

Perkins,  July,  1889.    Red  morocco.  1699 

[Thorold],  Sotheby,  July,  1889.     Unbound.    To  Quaritch.  1631 

Sewall,  Jan.  1897.     Morocco,  bv  Hammond.    Title  in  facsimile.  3428 

Hussey,  May  25,  1906.  7  x  5  J^".  Unbound.  To  Pickering.  379 
Van  Antwerp,  Mar.  1907.    Purple  morocco,  by  Bedford.    Some  corners  mended. 

(Crawford,  Mar.  1891,  No.  2891.)  197 

JULIUS  CAESAR,  1684. 

Beauclerk,  Apr.  1781.     (With  others.)  4380 

Pickering,  Aug.  7,  1854.     (With  others.)  3131 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1859.  290 

Harrison  of  Samlesbury,  Jan.  1881.    Half  morocco.  925 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.     Half  morocco.  4084 

Sewall,  Jan.  1897.     Half  morocco.  3441 

Lamb,  Edinburgh,  Feb.  1898.  Half  morocco.  To  Grant.  1106 
McKee,  Apr.  1901.    Brown  levant  morocco,  by  Bradstreet.    One  margin  mended. 

2616 
Mathews  &  Neilthorp,  Jan.   1902.     Morocco,  2  or  3  headlines  cropped.     To 

Crockford.  620 

Bangs,  June  5,  1902.  Morocco.  550 
Poor,  Nov.  1908.    Calf,  by  Club  Bindery.     (Lefferts,  Apr.  1902,  No.  1207.)       960 

JULIUS  CAESAR,  n.  d. 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Vaughan.  630 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1859.  89 

Harrison  of  Samlesbury,  Jan.  1881.    Red  morocco.  923 

Harrison  of  Samlesbury,  Jan.  1881.    With  manuscript  notes.    Uncut.  924 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  July,  1889.  902 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.    Half  morocco.  4085 

Sewall,  Jan.  1897.    2  leaves  stained.    Half  calf,  by  R.  W.  Smith.  3440 

Hodgson,  Dec.  10,  1902.    Sewed,  one  headline  cropped.    To  Robson.  253 

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Sotheby,  Oct.  20,  1904.    With  others,  one  volume,  old  calf.     To  Hayley.  594 

Hodgson,  Mar.  1906.     Morocco.  148 

Sotheby,  May  1,  1911.    Morocco.    To  Goss.  292 

JULIUS  CAESAR,  1691. 

Ireland,  May,  1801.     (With  Othello.)  462 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1859.  88 

Burton,  Oct.  1860.    Paper.  4645 

Sotheby,  Mar.  14,  1870.    Red  morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Kershaw.  570 

Harrison  of  Samlesbury,  Jan.  1881.    Half  morocco.  926 

Marsh,  May,  1882.    Half  calf,  with  others.  2421 

Harris,  Apr.  1883.    Half  morocco.  2048 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.    Half  morocco.  4085 

Sewall,  Jan.  1897.     Spotted.     Paper.  3443 

Bangs,  Mar.  19,  1900.    Unbound.                                    -  550 

Bangs,  Nov.  26,  1900.    Half  morocco.  650 

Sotheby,  June  18,  1903.    Unbound.    To  Barry.  202 

Sotheby,  Dec.  6,  1905.    Last  line  of  F2  cropped.    Morocco.    To  Taine.  808 

Sotheby,  Dec.  14,  1906.     Half  morocco.  397 

KING  LEAR,  1608. 

Heber,  Dec.  1834.    Red  morocco.  2020 

Loscombe,  June,  1854.    To  Halliwell.  1046 

KING  LEAR,  1608  [1619]. 

Crofts,  Apr.  1783.  5132 

Ireland,  May,  1801.    To  Barker.  467 

Christie,  Apr.  25,  1804.    To  Foster.  96 

[Inglis],  Sotheby,  Apr.  12,  1826.  To  Rodd.  95 
Heber,  Dec.  1834.                                                                                                 ■       2017 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Thorpe.  609 

Holgate,  June,  1846.    Red  morocco.  824 

Gardner,  J.  D.,  July,  1854.  Russia.  2198 
[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,  1856.     Morocco.    To  Lilly.    Bought  by  Halliwell 

"Many  j'cars  ago"  from  Thorpe.  344 

Gancia,  June,  1856.  Large  copy.  To  Boone.  550 
Sotheby,  1864.    Red  morocco,  by  Bedford.    Autograph  of  Hon.  Francis  North 

on  title.    To  Stevens.  110 

Corser,  Feb.  1871.  403 
Tite,  May,  1874.    Green  morocco,  by  Lewis.     (Steevens,  May,  1800,  No.  1278; 

Roxburghe,  May,  1812,  No.  3856;  Grafton,  June,  1815,  No.  704;  Halliwell, 

May,  1857,  No.  866.)    To  Ellis.  2745 

Russell,  June,  1885.    Fine  copy.  1071 

Perkins,  July,  1889.    Red  morocco.            _  1700 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.  Red  morocco,  by  Lewis.  4063 
Drake,  July  29,  1901.    Lacking  title  and  Li;  2  leaves  imperfect  at  top,  a  few 

words  lacking. 

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UNIDENTIFIED  COPIES 

KING  LEAR,  1608. 
Edition  Uncertain. 

Farmer,  May,  1798.    A  little  stained  in  center.  To  Nicol.                                     7860 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.    Lacks  4  leaves.  2102 

Dent,  Apr.  1827.    To  Rodd.  1030 

Jadis,  Mar.  1828.    Green  morocco.  173 


KING  LEAR,  1655. 

Bowie,  Jan.  1790.  4260 

Farmer,  May,  1798.  7861 

Brand,  May,  1807.  7203 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2103 

Heber,  June,  1834.  5452 

Thorpe,  1836.     Half  morocco.  1282 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May  24,  1856.  To  Stevens.                                                 356 


LOVE'S  LABOR  LOST,  1598. 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2084 

Dent,  Apr.  1827.  1025 

Jadis,  Mar.  1828.  156 

Thorpe,  1828.    Lacks  title.  1205 

Gaisford,  Apr.    1890.     Headlines  cropped.  Blue  morocco,  by  Bedford.     To 

Quaritch.  1737 


LOVE'S  LABOR  LOST,  163 1. 

Farmer,  May,  1798.    To  Barker.  7875 

Farmer,  May,  1798.    To  Forster.  7876 

Reid,  Nov.  2,  1807.    Title  lacking.    To  Thomas.  8418 

White  Knights,  June,  1819.    To  Triphook.  3953 

[Inglis],  Sotheby,  Apr.  12,  1826.    To  Harding.  105 

Heber,  June,  1834.  5449 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Thorpe.  592 

Burton,  Oct.  1860.     Half  calf.  4577 
Kinsman,  1870.    Lower  margin  cropped,  date  cut  from  title.    Capell's  copy. 

Kershaw,  July,   1877.     Half  morocco.     (Tite,  May,  1874,  No.  2749,  bought 

from  Halliwell,  May,  1856.)  333 

Marsh,  May,  1882.    Some  headlines  cropped.  2419 

Sotheby,  July  18,  1900.    A*  defective.    Unbound.    To  Pickering.                          1205 

Howe,  Dec.  1907.    7  y^  x5".    Writing  on  two  pages.  Half  blue  morocco.    To 

Quaritch.  16 

MACBETH,  1673. 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Rodd.  619 

Burton,  Oct.  1860.    Lacks  all  after  p.  64.  4600 

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MERCHANT  OF  VENICE,  1600. 

Bindley,  Feb.  1819.    To  Triphook.  2044 

Thorpe,  1827.  9935 

Jolley,  June,  1844.     (Rhodes,  Apr.  1825,  No.  2093.)     To  Thorpe.  597 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,  1856.    To  Lilly.     (Cost  Halliwell,  £44  5s.)  345 

Mitford,  Apr.  1860.    Lacking  title.     (May  be  Roberts  edition.)  3495 

MERCHANT  OF  VENICE,  1608  [1619]. 

Crofts,  Apr.  1783.  5128 

Steevens,  May,  1800.    Inlaid.  1280 

Ireland,  May,  1801.    Russia.    To  Barker.  466 

Tyssen,  Dec.  1801.  2277 

[Grafton],  Evans,  June,  1815.  702 

[Grafton],  Evans,  June,  1815.  703 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2094 

[IngHs],  Sotheby,  Apr.  1826.    To  Rodd.  91 

Dent,  Apr.  1827.  1027 

Dent,  Apr.  1827.  1028 

Heber,  Tune,  1834.    Morocco.  5447 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Thorpe.  598 

Bright,  Mar.  1845.     Half  bound.    To  Wilson.  5103 

Holgate,  June,  1846.     Blue  morocco.  820 

Gancia,  June,  1856.    Fine  copy.    Bumstead.  548 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1858.    To  Lilly.    Morocco,  by  Bedford.  316 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1859.     Morocco,  by  Bedford.  340 
Holland,  July,  1860.     (Roxburghe,  May,  1812,  No.  3814;  Sykes,  May,  1824; 

Jadis,  Mar.  1828,  No.  163.)    To  Lilly.  1620 

Sotheby,  Aug.  11,  1865.    Small  hole  in  Sig.  H.  137 

[Smith],  Sotheby,  July,  1867.    Red  morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Halliwell.  2575 

[Windus],  Sotheby,  Mar.  1868.     Red  morocco,  by  Lewis.    To  Lilly.  906 
Kinsman,  1870.    Unbound. 

Corser,  Feb.  1871.    Half  morocco.    To  Pickering.  398 
Tite,  May,  1874.    Red  morocco,  by  Hayday.     (Utterson,  Apr.  1852,  No.  1689; 

Sotheby,  Nov.  21,  1864,  No.  279.)     To  Walford.  2753 

Perkins,  July,  1889.     Red  morocco.  1693 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.    Red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  4059 

Crawford,  Mar.  1891.     Morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Pearson.  2897 
[Hazlitt],  Sotheby,  Nov.  1893.    Morocco.    Last  leaf  in  facsimile.    To  Ridge.       474 

Burra,  May,  1897.    7  %  x  5  %".    Morocco.    To  Pickering.  608 
Gott,   Mar.   20,    1908.     7  %  x  5  %6".     Bottom   corner  of   title   in   facsimile, 

small  hole  in  Bi.    Morocco,  by  Lewis.  238 

Hoe,  Jan.  1912.    Blue  morocco,  by  Mansell.     (N.  Q.  Pope,  sold,  1895.)  3032 

MERCHANT  OF  VENICE,  1637. 

Pearson,  Apr.  1788.    To  Reed.  3952 

Farmer,  May,  1798.  7856 

White  Knights,  June,  1819.    To  Jervis.  3952 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2095 

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UNIDENTIFIED  COPIES 


Hebcr,  Dec.  1834.  2015 

[Hallivvell],  Sotheby,  May  24,  1856.    To  Smith.  352 

Kershaw,  July,  1877.    Red  morocco,  by  Lewis.    To  Quaritch.  1239 

Lamb,  Edinburgh,  Feb.  1898.     Morocco.    To  Pickering.  1097 

Hodgson,  Nov.  29,  1906.    6  i%b  x5  %g"-    Unbound.     Imprint  in  manuscript. 

(Sotheran,  Bib.  Pret,  1907,  No.  390.)  95 

[Mostyn],  Sotheby,  May  31,  1907.     Unbound.  479 

Sotheby,  July,  1907.    Small  corner  of  title  and  Ba  cut  off.    Old  calf,  rebaclced. 

To  B.  F.  Stevens.  352 


MERCHANT  OF  VENICE,  1652. 


Pearson,  Apr.  1788. 
Farmer,  May,  1798. 
Christie,  Apr.  1804. 
Rhodes,  Apr.  1825. 


To  Forster. 


3953 

7858 

91 

2096 


MERRY  WIVES  OF  WINDSOR,  1602. 

Steevens,  May,  1800. 


1281 


To  Thorpe. 


Morocco.    To  Stevens. 


MERRY  WIVES  OF  WINDSOR,  1619. 

Pearson,  Apr.  1 788. 

Farmer,  May,  1798.    To  Nicol. 

Ireland,  May,  1801. 

Ireland,  May,  1801.    To  Barker. 

Tvssen,  Dec.  1801. 

Reid,  Nov.  1807.    To  Barker. 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825. 

[Inglis],  Sotheby,  Apr.  12,  1826. 

Dent,  Apr.  1827.    To  Rodd. 

Jadis,  Mar.  1828.    To  Nicol. 

Heher,  June,  1834.    Morocco. 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Thorpe. 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,  1856. 

Gancia,  June,  1856.    Large  copy. 

Utterson,  Mar.  1857.    Title  in  manuscript.    To  Lilly. 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1858.    Morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Lilly. 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1859.     Imperfect. 

Sotheby,  1863.     Red  morocco.     (Utterson,  Apr.  1852,  No.  1696.) 

Sotheby,  Aug.  11,  1865.    Fine  copy.    To  Toovey. 

[Smith],  Sotheby,  July,  1867.    Red  morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Pickering. 

Kinsman,  1870.     Unbound.     Capell  copy. 

Tite,  June,  1874.    Red  morocco,  by  Bedford. 

Craufurd,  July,  1876.    Red  morocco,  by  Bedford. 

Marsh,  May,  1882.    Blue  morocco.    Dyce  copy. 

Russell,  June,  1885.     Brown  morocco,  by  Lewis. 

Crawford,  Mar.  1891.    Morocco.    To  Pearson. 

[Mostyn],  Sotheby,  May  31,  1907.    Unbound.    To  Quaritch. 

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3951 

7865 

465 

471 

2288 

8421 

2097 

102 

1033 

167 

5444 

600 

338 

553 

1752 

317 

345 

573 

147 

2580 

2757 
1036 
2411 
1072 
2894 
480 


A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 

MERRY  WIVES  OF  WINDSOR,  1630. 

Ireland,  May,  1801.  453 

Christie,  Apr.  25,  1804.    To  Street.  89 

Reid,  Nov.  1807.    To  Barker.  8422 

Loscombe,  June,  1854.    Half  morocco.    To  Halliwell.  1047 
Kershaw,  July,  1877.     Purple  morocco.     (Tite,  May,  1874,  No.  2758.)     To 

Smith.  1233 

Lamb,  Edinburgh,  Feb.  1898.    Morocco.    To  Pickering.  1093 

MIDSUMMER  NIGHT'S  DREAM,  1600  [1619]. 

Farmer,  May,  1798.    To  Forster.  7853 

[Grafton],  Evans,  June,  1815.  701 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.     (Edition  uncertain.)  2092 

[Inglis],  Sothebv,  Apr.  12,  1826.    To  Rodd.  89 

Dent,  Apr.  1827.     (Edition  uncertain.)     To  Thorpe.  1029 

Jadis,  Mar.  3,  1828.    To  Thorpe.  161 

Heber,  Dec.  1834.  2013 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Thorpe.  595 

Puttick,  Apr.  1849.    Half  morocco.  321 

Gardner,  J.  D.,  July,  1854.    Red  morocco.    To  Boone.  2196 
Sotheby,  1856.    Red  morocco.     (Utterson,  Apr.  1852,  No.  1688.)     To  Toovey.  252 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,  1856.    Fine  copy.    To  Lilly.  340 

Gancia,  June,  1856.    Large  copy.    To  Elkins.  549 

Berry,  Jan.  1857.     Probably  by  Hayday.  805 

Daniel,  July,  1864.    To  Lilly.                                                      _  1435 
Sotheby,  Nov.  21,  1864.     Red  morocco,  with  facsimile  of  Fisher  title  added. 

To  Halliwell.  280 

Sotheby,  Aug.  11,  1865.    Fine  copy.    To  Pickering.  138 
[Smith],  Sotheby,  July,  1867.     Green  morocco,  by  Lewis.    To  Halliwell.        2574 

Corser,  Feb.  1871.    To  Pickering.  401 

Russell,  June,  1885.     Half  russia.  1070 

Sotheby,  1886.    Red  morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Mollini.  574 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.     Blue  morocco,  by  Lewis.  4060 

Puttick,  Dec.  1898.    Calf.    Lacking  3  leaves,  in  sheet  E.    To  Robson.  878 
Hussey,   May  25,   1906.     7x5i4"-     Top  margin  of  tide  and  A2  defective. 

Unbound.    To  Pickering.  376 
Sotheby,  Dec.  14,  1906.    Boards,  morocco  case.     (Foster,  June,  1894,  No.  23.)      388 
Amherst,  Mar.  1909.     1  %x5  Yz" .     D4  mended  in  margins,  last  4  leaves  re- 
margined.   Vellum.     (J.  F.  Marsh,  May,  1882,  No.  2412.)     To  Austen.        849 
Hoe,  Apr.  1911.    Olive  levant  morocco,  doublure  of  red  morocco,  elaborate  tool- 
ing, by  Lortic.     (N.  Q.  Pope,  sold,  1895.)    To  Hill.  2975 

MUCH  ADOE  ABOUT  NOTHING,  1600. 

Roxburghe,  May,  1812.  3809 

Bindley,  Feb.  1819.    To  Triphook.  2042 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Thorpe.  140 

Loscombe,  June,  1854.    Old  russia.    To  Halliwell.  1049 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,  1857.    Morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Lilly.  868 

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UNIDENTIFIED  COPIES 

OTHELLO,  1622. 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2104 

Dent,  Apr.,  1827.    Red  morocco.  1026 

Jadis,  Mar.  1828.    Red  morocco.    To  Evans.  169 

Burton,  Oct.  1860.     Half  calf.  4669 

OTHELLO,  1630. 

Stecvens,  May,  1800.  1288 

Christie,  Apr.  25,  1804.  92 

Brand,  May,  1807.  6447 

White  Knights,  June,  1819.    To  Jervis.  3959 

Rhodes,  Apr.,  1825.  2105 

[Inglis],  Sotheby,  Apr.  12,  1826.    To  Valentine.  104 

Hanrott,  Feb.  1834.    Red  morocco.  2696 

Heber,  June,  1834.  5473 

Puttick,  Apr.  1849.  328 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,   1856.     Morocco,  by  Bedford.  Good  copy.     To 

Hoskins.  334 

[HaHiwelll,  Sotheby,  May,  1857.     Fine  copy.    To  Morrison.  871 

Mitford,  Apr.  1860.  3498 

[Anderson],  Sotheby,  1870.    Red  morocco.    To  Ellis.  410 

Corser,  Feb.  1871.     Red  morocco.  410 

Gardner,  C.  D.,  June,   1880.     Red  morocco,  by  Bedford.  Short  copy.     To 

Quaritch.  1427 

[Simes],  Sotheby,  July,  1886.    Title  mended.     Morocco,  by  Hayday.                  1532 

Daly,  Mar.  19,  1900.    Morocco,  inlaid  by  Zaehnsdorf.  548 
[Mostyn],  Sotheby,  May  31,  1907.     Title  defective,  lacking  part  of  last  leaf, 

some  fore-edges  cut.     Unbound.    To  Stevens.  484 
Sotheby,  Dec.  20,   1912.     8x5  }i".     Title  and  corners  of  5  leaves  mended. 

Paper,  in  case.    To  Gratton.  39 

OTHELLO,  1655. 

Steevens,  May,  1800.  1289 

Nixon,  May,  1818.    To  Oakley.  653 

Rhodes,  April,  1825.    To  Lilly.  2106 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,  1856.    To  Stevens.  329 

[Stevens],  Sotheby,  1857.    Olive  morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Nicon.                        482 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,  1857.    Morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Lilly.  870 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1859.    Morocco,  by  Bedford.  342 

Marsh,  May,  1882.    Morocco.    Portions  of  2  leaves  lacking,  few  headlines  cut.  2413 

OTHELLO,  1 68 1. 

Ireland,  May  7,  1801.     (With  Julius  Caesar,  1691.)  462 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.     (With  Othello,  1687.)  2107 

Pickering,  Aug.  7,  1854.     (With  others.)  3131 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.    Headlines  cut  into.     Half  morocco.  4081 

Sotheby,  May  25,  1905.    Corner  of  one  leaf  cut.  646 
[Jonas],   Sotheby,   Mar.    17,    1911.     Lower  margins  wormed,   unbound.     To 

Home.  519 

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OTHELLO,  1687. 

Farmer,  May,  1798.    To  Money.  7879 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.     (With  Othello,  1681.)  2107 

Harrison  of  Samlesbury,  Jan.  1881.     Half  morocco.  933 

Harrison  of  Samlesbury,  Jan.  1881.     Half  morocco.  934 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.    Headlines  cut.     Half  morocco.  4082 

Lamb,  Edinburgh,  Feb.  1898.     Half  morocco.     To  Sotheran.  1103 

McKee,  April,  1901.    Claret  morocco,  by  Bradstreet.  2617 
Hodgson,  Nov.  29,   1906.     Lacking  2  leaves  at  end.     (With  others.)      Calf. 

To  Tregaskis.  97 

OTHELLO,  1695. 

Burton,  Oct.  1860.  4670 

Harrison  of  Samlesbury,  Jan.  1881.  935 

Cosens,  November,  1890.    Half  morocco.  4083 

Sewall,  Jan.  1897.     Half  calf.    To  R.  W.  Smith.  3446 

McKee,  Apr.  1901.     Blue  levant  morocco,  by  Bradstreet.  Some  headlines  cut, 

few  corners  mended.  2620 

Sotheby,  June  18,  1903.     Half  calf.    To  Richards.  445 

Sotheby,  March  21,  1905.    Half  morocco.    To  Leighten.  262 

[Jonas],  Sotheby,  Mar.  17,  1911.    Stained.    Unbound.    Uncut.  520 

OTHELLO,  1705. 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1858.    To  Smith.  317 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  July,  1889.  902 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.     Headlines  cut  into.    Half  morocco.  4081 

Wait,  Dec.  21,  1910.    Half  morocco.  270 

RICHARD  II,  1598. 

White  Knights,  June,  1819.    To  Jervis.  3954 

Heber,  Dec.  1834.    Red  morocco,  with  joints.  2018 


RICHARD  II,  1608. 

Tyssen,  Dec.  1801.               _  2283 

Loscombe,  June,  1854.    Olive  morocco.    To  Halliwell.  1052 

RICHARD  II,  1615. 

Crofts,  Apr.  1783.  5134 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.     Lacking  Ki.  2079 

[Inglis],  Sothebv,  Apr.  12,  1826.    To  Rodd.  99 

Heber,  June,  1834.  5454 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Pickering.  590 

Bright,  Mar.  1845.    To  Pickering.  5100 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1858.    Morocco.    To  Thompson.  324 

Sotheby,  1871.    Red  morocco,  by  Lewis.    To  Bumstead.  2266 

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UNIDENTIFIED  COPIES 

RICHARD  II,  1634. 

Farmer,  May,  1798.    To  Forster.  7874 

Steevens,  May,  1800.  1293 

Ireland,  May  7,  1801.    One  leaf  manuscript,  collated  by  Theobald.  469 

Tyrrell,  Dec.  1891.    To  Pearson.  211 

Sotheby,  May  6,  1901.    Title  backed,  date  erased.    To  Pickering.  882 

[Mostyn],  Sotheby,  May  31,  1907.    Unbound.    To  Pickering.  476 

RICHARD  III,  1602. 

Steevens,  May,  1800.     Defective  at  end.  1294 

Drake,  July  29,   1901.     Title,  B2,  Bs,  lacking;  M2  imperfect,  few  signature 

marks  shaved.      (With   Henry  IV,   1632,  and  Lear,  Butter,  1608.)      Calf. 

To  Pickering.  500 

RICHARD  III,  1612. 

Pearson,  Apr.  1788.    Imperfect.    To  Thomson.  3956 

Sotheby,  Aug.  11,  1865.    Inlaid,  few  catchwords  cut  off.    To  Toovey.  146 
Quaritch  owned  in  1892  the  Marsh  (May,  1882,  No.  2417)  copy.     Portrait  by 
Hollar  inserted.     Several  headlines  cut  into. 

RICHARD  III,  1622. 

[Inglis],  Sotheby,  Apr.  12,  1826.    To  Rodd.  103 

RICHARD  III,  1629. 

Farmer,  May,  1798.    To  Money.  7873 

Steevens,  May,  1800.  1296 

Ireland,  May  7,  1801.    To  Barker.  476 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2081 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Lilly.  584 

Utterson,  Apr.  1852.    Half  morocco.    To  HalHwell.  1698 

Utterson,  Mar.  1857.    Headline  cut  into.    Half  morocco.  1754 

Hermann,  Mar.  1909.    Morocco,  by  Riviere.  514 

RICHARD  III,  1634. 

Steevens,  May,  1800.  1297 

Christie,  Apr.  25,  1804.  90 

Bindley,  Feb.  1819.    To  Triphook.  2048 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2082 
[Simesl,  Sotheby,  July,  1886.    Some  headlines  cropped.    Morocco,  by  Hayday.  1533 

Tyrrell,  Dec.  1891.    To  Ellis.  212 

ROMEO  AND  JULIET,  1597. 

Heber,  June,  1834.    Lacking  title,  several  leaves  have  text  cut  at  bottom.            5466 

Bright,  Mar.  1845.    Lacking  title,  H2,  Hs.    To  Thorpe.  5098 

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A  CENSUS  OF  SHAKESPEARE  QUARTOS 
ROMEO  AND  JULIET,  1599. 

Steevens,  May,  1800.    Fragment.  1298 

Heber,  June,  1834.     (Nixon,  May,  1818,  No.  667.)  5467 

ROMEO  AND  JULIET,  1609. 

Jadis,  Mar.  1828.    To  Rodd.  159 

Heber,  June,  1834.    Morocco.  5468 

ROMEO  AND  JULIET,  n.  d. 

Christie,  Apr.  25,  1804.    Morocco. 

Jadis,  Mar.  3,  1828.    Russia.    To  Rodd.  160 

Jolley,  June,  1844.    To  Rodd.  588 

ROMEO  AND  JULIET,  1637. 

Pearson,  Apr.  1788.    To  Reed.  3957 

Christie,  Apr.  25,  1804.  93 

[Grafton],  Evans,  June,  1815.  707 

Malone,  Nov.  1818.  2536 

Bindley,  Feb.  1819.    To  Triphook.  2049 

White  Knights,  June,  1819.    To  Hay.  3958 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2083 

[Inglis],  Sotheby,  Apr.  12,  1826.    To  Davis.  106 

[Inglis],  Sothebv,  Apr.  12,  1826.    To  Davis.  107 

[HaUiwelll,  Sotheby,  May,  1856.  Morocco,  uncut.  To  Boone.  337 
[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,  1857.  Morocco,  uncut,  by  Bedford.  To  Lilly.  864 
Singer,  May,  1860.    Date  cut  off.    Manuscript  notes  by  Pickering  inserted.        1420 

Sotheby,  Aug.  11,  1865.  Lacking  small  part  of  Cs.  To  Halliwell.  150 
[Smith],  Sotheby,  1878.     (Tite,  May,  1874,  No.  2781.)     Purple  morocco,  by 

Clarke.  232 

[Craig],  Sotheby,  June,  1887.     Wrong  imprint  attached.     To  Martin.  2381 

Cosens,  Nov.  1890.    Date  cut  off  title.    Green  morocco.  4070 

Crawford,  Mar.  1891.    Morocco,  bv  Bedford.    To  Ellis.  2896 

Lamb,  Edinburgh,  Feb.  1898.     Morocco.    To  Pickering.  1098 

TAMING  OF  THE  SHREW,  1631. 

Steevens,  May,  1800.  1303 

Rhodes,  Apr.  1825.  2108 

Tolley,  June,  1844.    To  Thorpe.  586 

[Halliwell],  Sothebv,  May  24,  1856.    Uncut.    To  Smith.  352 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  May,  1857.    Morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Smith.  874 

[Halliwell],  Sotheby,  June,  1859.    Fine  copy.    To  Boone.  334 

Corser,  Feb.  1871.    Red  morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Quaritch.  412 

Gardner,  C.  D.,  June,  1880.    Red  morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Quaritch.  1428 

Craig,  Mar.  1888.     Imperfect  at  end.    To  Bowden.  4542 
Quaritch  owned  in  1892  the  Marsh  (May,  1882,  No.  2420)   copy.     Vellum, 
uncut 

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UNIDENTIFIED  COPIES 

Van  Antwerp,  Mar.  1907.    Red  morocco,  by  Bedford.    Several  corners  mended. 

(Rowfantsold,  April,  1905.)    To  Pickering.  202 

Sotheby,  May  11,   1908.     Lacking  title,  next  leaf  damaged.     Unbound.  To 

Sotheran.  539 

TITUS  ANDRONICUS,  i6ii. 

Crofts,  Apr.  1783.  5133 

Steevens,  May,  1800.     Inlaid.  1304 

Roxburghe,  May,  1812.  3854 

Nixon,  May,  1818.    To  Triphook.  669 

Jadis,  Mar.  3,  1828.    Red  morocco.  171 

JoUey,  June,  1844.    To  Rodd.  587 

Sotheby,  Aug.  11,  1865.    Fine  copy.    To  Halliwell.  145 

[Smith],  Sotheby,  July,  1867.    Red  morocco.    To  Halliwell.  2583 

Tite,  May,  1874.     Fine  copy.    Red  morocco,  by  Bedford.    To  Pearson.  2783 

Sotheby,    Mar.    27,    1906.      Lacking   title,    corners   mended.      Morocco.  To 

Maggs.  860 

TROILUS  AND  CRESSIDA,  1609. 

Jadis,  Mar.  3,  1828.  172 

Heber,  June,  1834.    (2nd  issue.)     (Nixon,  May,  1818,  No.  668.)  5465 

Bright,  Mar.  1845.    Lacking  title.    To  Rodd.  5105 

Corser,  Feb.  1871.     (2nd  issue.)     Headlines  partly  cut  off  a  few  leaves.  Red 

morocco,  rich  borders.  406 


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INDEX  OF  OWNERS  AND  BINDERS 


This  Index  includes  all  known  owners  and  binders  of  identified  Quartos.     In  some  cases  we 
have  been  unable  to  trace  the  name  and  can  only  give  the  information  found  in  the  book  itself. 

ADLER,  E.  N.,  20  Portchester  Square,  London.     Fine  Hebrew  collection;  some  English  books. 
Nos.  81,  104,  196,  275,  286,  304,  628. 

ALINGTON,  REV.  C.  A.,  Headmaster  of  Shrewsbury  School,  Shrewsbury,  England. 
No.  177. 

ALLIS,  WILLIAM  W.,  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.     Books  sold  at  auction,  March  25,  1912. 
No.  292. 

ANDERSON,  MATTHEW,  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  England.     Books  sold  at  Sotheby's,  November 
14,  18/0. 

No.  621. 

ANDERSON  GALLERIES,  INC.,  284  Madison  Avenue,  New  York  City.     John  Anderson,  Jr., 
founded  this   auction   firm  in   1900   under   his  own   name;    it  has   subsequently   done   business 
as  Bangs  &  Co.,  The  Anderson  Auction  Co.,  Metropolitan  Art  Association  and  the  Anderson 
Galleries,  Inc. 
Nos.  273,  637. 

ASAY,  E.  G.,  Chicago,  Illinois.    Books  sold  to  Theodore  Irwin,  December,  1881. 
Nos.  192,  259,  550,  601,  623,  855. 

ASHMOLEAN  MUSEUM,  Oxford,  England.     Founded  by  Elias  Ashraole;  books  transferred 
to  the  Bodleian   in   1860. 

No.  611. 

BAKER,  JOHN. 
No.   610. 

BALLIOL  COLLEGE,  Oxford,  England. 
Nos.  8,  487. 

BANCROFT,  JOHN. 
No.  694. 

BANDINEL,    BULKELEY,    1781-1861.      Librarian    of    Bodleian    Library,    Oxford,    1813-1860. 
Collection  sold:  Part  I,  1861;  Part  2,  1862. 
No.    14. 

BANGS  &  COMPANY,  New  York  City.     See  Anderson  Galleries,  Inc. 

BARTON,     THOMAS    P.,     18C3-1869.      American    Shakespeare    collector,    from  1834-1866. 
Bequeathed  library  to  his  widow  who  sold  it  to  the  Boston  Public  Library,  May,   1873,   for 

a  small  price,  to  be  kept  intact  as  the  Barton  Collection.     Catalogued  by  J.   M.  Hubbard 
1878. 

Nos.  10,  24,  39,  70,  94,  106,  117,  156,   167,  179,  200,  238,  266,  288,  308,  332,  360,  384, 

412,  429,  452,  453,  489,  516,  526,  534,   559,  574,  587,  613,  630,  640,  649,  662,  676,  693, 
706,  771,  772,  811,  819,  840,  841,  863. 

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INDEX 

BEDFORD,  FRANCIS,  1799-1883.  English  bookbinder.  Started  in  Lewis'  shop;  partner  of 
John  Clarke,  1841-1850;  afterwards  carried  on  business  alone. 

Nos.   13,  20,  27,  28,   37,  46,   52,   130,   152,   156,   160,   169,   182,  184,   185,   193,   215,  222, 

224,  226,  232,  236,  247,  259,  279,  291,  314,  318,  337,  347,  350,  356,  364,  368,  370,  377, 

388,  396.  398,  420,  432,  433,  439,  440,  462,  463,  464,  467,  471,  479,  484,  503,  507,  509, 

510,  540,   554,  563,   565,  566,   572,   578,  593,   597,   603,   607,  609,  617,   623,  654,   667,  681, 

685,  699,  718,  732,  739,  744,  747,  761,  772,  773,  780,  782,  783,  799,  804.  808,  812.  823. 
824,  828,  832,  844.  846,  847,  849,  853,  872,  883,  883*. 

BERET,  RICHARD. 
No.  74. 

BIGGE,  ARTHUR,  High  Wickham,  England.     Books  sold  at  auction,  March  9,  1714. 
No.  74. 

BINDLEY,  JAMES,   1765-1818.     English   Commissioner  of  stamp   duties.     Collector  of  Early 
English  and  Miscellany.     Books  sold  at  auction:  Part  1,  December,   1818;   Part  2,  January, 
1819;  Part  3,  February,  1819;  Part  4,  August,  1820;  Part  5,  January,  1821. 
Nos.  375.  483.  529,  579. 

BIRDSALL,   Northampton,  England.     English  bookbinder. 
Nos.  18,  142,  599,  701.  731,  788.  805. 

BIRMINGHAM  PUBLIC  LIBRARY,  Birmingham,  England. 

Nos.  62,  82,  93,  105,  197,  236,  287.  296,  305.  359,  404,  629,  639,  646,  659,  769,  817. 

BLANDFORD,  MARQUIS  OF.     See  White  Knights. 

BLISS,    DR.   PHILIP,    1787-1857.     Librarian   of   Bodleian   Library,    Oxford.      Collected   books 
printed  in  Oxford;   Character  books;  Psalms.     Books  sold  at  Sotheby's:  Part  1,  June,  1858; 
Parts  2  and  3,  August,  1858. 
No.  610. 

BOADEN,  JAMES,  1762-1839.    English  biographer,  dramatist;  interested  in  Ireland's  forgeries 
which  he  helped  detect;  wrote  account  of  Shakespeare's  portraits. 
No.  43. 

BODLEIAN  LIBRARY,  Oxford,  England.  Acquired  the  Malone  collection  of  Shakesperiana 
in  1821. 

Nos.  9,  23.  38,  63,  125,  136,  138,  145,  155,  178,  198,  199,  211,  218,  228,  237,  306,  321, 
322,  331,  373,  383,  405,  411,  428,  451,  482,  488,  515,  525,  533,  558,  573.  586,  610,  611, 
612,  647,  660,  675,  688,  692,  705,  722,  727,  737,  741,  750,  756,  770.  786.  790.  801,  810, 
818.  838,  839,   862,  879. 

BOND,  JERMYN. 
No.    662. 

BOONE.     English  bookseller. 
Nos.    1,   265. 

BOSTON  ATHEN.<EUM,  Boston,  Massachusetts. 
Nos.   307,  648,  661. 

BOSTON  PUBLIC  LIBRARY,  Boston,  Massachusetts.  Shakespeare  collection  bought  intact 
from  Mrs.  Thomas  P.  Barton,  May,  1873,  at  a  price  below  its  value  to  comply  with  the 
desire  of  her  husband,  who  died  some  months  previous  and  left  it  to  her;  catalogue  compiled 
in  1878  by  J.  M.  Hubbard. 

Nos.  10,  24,  39,  70,  83,  94,  106,  117,  156,  167,  179,  200,  238,  266,  288,  308,  332,  360,  384, 
412,  429,  452,  453,  489,  516,  526,  534,  559,  574.  587.  613.  630,  640,  649,  662,  676,  693,  706, 
771,  772,  811,  819,  840,  841,  863. 

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BOSVIL,  ANN. 
No.  701. 

BOWLE,  REV.  JOHN,  Idmiston,  near  Salisbury,  England.     Books  sold  at  auction,  January  19, 
1790. 

Nos.  138,  687. 

BRADSTREET  &  CO.,  346  Broadway,  New  York  City.     American  bookbinders. 
Nos.  66,  289. 

BRAND,  JOHN,  1744-1806,  London.    Rector  of  a  London  church;  secretary  of  Society  of  Anti- 
quaries, 1784-1806.    Collector  of  Early  English.     Sold  at  auction:  Part  1,  May,  1807;  Part  2, 
February,   1808. 
No.  74. 

BREWER,  JOHANNIS,  fl.  1659. 
No.  45. 

BRIDGEWATER,  JOHN,  SECOND  EARL  OF.     See  Bridgewater  House. 

BRIDGEVVATER  HOUSE,  St.  James  Park,  London.  Town  house  of  the  Earls  of  Ellesmere. 
The  library  was  begun  by  Sir  Thomas  Egerton,  Lord  Chancellor  under  King  James  I,  and 
was  catalogued  in  1649  by  John,  Second  Earl  of  Bridgewater.  The  library  has  always 
been  in  the  possession  of  the  Egerton  family  but  the  head  of  the  house  has  borne  at  different 
times  the  various  titles  of:  Baron  Ellesmere,  1603;  Earl  of  Bridgewater,  1633;  Duke  of 
Bridgewater,  1720;  Duke  of  Sutherland,  1803;  Earl  of  Ellesmere,  1833.  The  present  owner 
is  John  Francis  Scrope  Egerton,  Fourth  Earl  of  Ellesmere. 
Nos.  126,  219,  361,  374,  413,  517,  527,  560,  677,  728,  791,  860. 

BRIGHT,  BENJAMIN  HEYWOOD,  fl.  1809-1845.     English  collector.     Books  sold  at  auction 
March,  1845. 

Nos.  534,  559,  676,  853. 

BRITISH   MUSEUM,    London.     Acquired   the    Garrick   collection,    1779;    King   George    Ill's 
library  in  1823;  Huth  bequest,  1911. 

Nos.  1,  6,  U,  11*,  25,  26,  40,  64,  71,  84,  98,  99,  107,  122,  127,  128,  139,  146,  147,  157,  168, 
180,  201,  202,  203,  212,  220,  221,  229,  239,  240,  267,  276,  309,  323,  324,  333,  334,  335,  362, 
375,  385,  386,  406,  414,  415,  416,  430,  431,  454,  468,  469,  483,  490,  491,  518,  528,  535,  535, 
561,  562,  575,  576,  588,  589,  614,  615,  641,  650,  663,  672,  678,  684,  694,  707,  708,  723,  724, 
729,  730,  734,  738,  742,  751,  752,  753,  757,  773,  774,  787,  792,  802,  807,  820,  842,  843,  864, 
865,  876,  880. 

BRITWELL   LIBRARY,    Britwell    Court,    Burnham,    Buckinghamshire,    England.      Begun    by 
William   H.   Miller,   1789-1848,   who   bequeathed   the   library  to   Miss   Marsh,   who   left   it  to 
Samuel   Christie   Miller,   from  whom   it   descended  to  the   present  owner,   Sydney  R.   Christie 
Miller.     It  includes  large  parts  of  the  Heber  and  Corser  collections. 
Nos.  65,  241,  268,  277,  310,  537,  563,  631,  709. 

BROMLEY,  GEORGE,  fl.  1814,  Theatre  Royal,  Norwich,  England. 
No.  662. 

BROOKS,  E.  D.,  South  10th  Street,  Minneapolis,  Minnesota.     American  bookseller. 
Nos.  283,  311,  476,  664. 

BRUCE,  J.  W. 
No.  41. 

BUNBURY,   SIR  HENRY  EDWARD,   d.   1860,  Barton,  England.     Grandson   of  Sir  William 
Bunbury  of  Barton,  England,  who  owned  the  Hamlet,   1603,   and   other  plays  which  were 
sold  to  Payne  &  Foss  in  1823,  and  are  now  in  possession  of  H.  E.  Huntington. 
Nos.  2,  123,  223,  234,  485,  531,  735. 

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BURTON,   WILLIAM   E.,    1804-1860.     American   actor.     Books   catalogued   by   Joseph   Sabin 
and  sold  in  New  Yorli  City,  October  8,  1860. 
Nos.  59,  179,  706. 

BUTE,  JOHN  PATRICK  CRICHTON  STUART,  THIRD  MARQUIS  OF,  1847-1900,  Falk- 
lands,  Fife,  Scotland. 
Nos.  227,  417,  743. 

CAMBRIDGE    UNIVERSITY    LIBRARY,    Cambridge,    England.      Sandars    collection,    be- 
queathed, 1894. 
Nos.  41,  821,  844. 

CAPELL,  EDWARD,  1713-1781.  English  Shakespearian  scholar.  Presented  his  collection  of 
early  editions  of  Shakespeare  to  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  June,  1779.  A  few  other 
quartos  sold  or  exchanged  by  Capell  or  his  heirs. 

Nos.  7,  21,  36,  41,  60,  124,  135,  137,  154,  166,  175,  194,  217,  233.  235,  246,  254,  264,  329, 
344,  355,  371,  381,  401,  426,  438,  447,  466,  480,  486,  511,  524,  532,  555,  565,  571,  584,  606, 
626,  674,  682,  703,  720,  733,  736,  748,  755,  767,  784,  789,  806,  815,  835,  857,  874,  884. 

CARRINGTON,    GEORGE,   Missenden   Abbey,    Great   Missenden,    England.     Books   sold    at 
Sotheby's,  July,  1905. 
Nos.  143,  216,  336,  478,  690,  740. 

CHAMBOLLE-DURU,    R.    S.,    Paris.      French   bookbinder.      Chambolle    succeeded    to    Duru's 
business  and  took  his  name. 
No.  459. 

CHENEY,  FRANCES  REDHEAD  YORKE. 
No.  388. 

CHRISTIE,  JAMES,  1730-1803,  London.     English  auctioneer,  founded  auction  room  in  1766. 
No.  481. 

CHURCH,  E.  DWIGHT,  died  1909,  Brooklyn,  New  York.  American  collector  of  Americana 
and  English  books.  Catalogued  by  G.  W.  Cole,  Americana,  5  vols.,  English,  2  vols.,  1905- 
1909.     Library  sold  en  bloc,  April,  1911,  to  H.  E.  Huntington. 

Nos.  20,  53,  134,  152,  164,  191,  215,  224,  232,  256,  282,  347,  369,  379,  396,  424,  440,  463, 
484,  503,  548,  568,  597,  622,  681,  686,  700,  717,  732,  739,  746,  754,  782,  799,  804,  809,  814, 
854,  871,  883. 

CLAPCOTT,  CATHERINE. 
No.  268. 

CLARKE,  JOHN,  London.  English  bookbinder,  was  a  partner  of  Francis  Bedford,  1841-1850. 
Nos.  34,  57,  328,  477,  552,  583,  624,  855. 

CLARKE  AND  BEDFORD,  London.     English  bookbinders,   1841-1850;   succeeded  by  Francis 
Bedford. 
Nos.  24,  39. 

CLAWSON,  J.  L.,  Buffalo,  New  York.     American  collector. 
Nos.  492,  650*,  695. 

CLEAVELAND,  H. 
No.  536. 

CLEMENS,  DR.  JAMES  B.,   10  East  71st  Street,  New  York  City.     American  physician  and 
collector. 
No.  590. 

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CLUB    BINDERY,    1895-1909,    New   York    City.     Founded,    1895,   by   Robert    Hoe    and    other 
members  of  the  Grolier  Club  but  distinct  from  that  organization;  discontinued,  1909. 
Nos.  330,  427,  494,  768,  871. 

COBDEN-SANDERSON,  T.  J.,  Hammersmith,  London.     English  bookbinder. 
No.  19. 

COCHRAN,  ALEXANDER  S.,  Yonkers,  New  York.  Bought  the  Huth  collection  of  Shake- 
speare, November,  1911.  In  December,  1911,  he  presented  the  Huth  copies  with  some  other 
books  to  the  Elizabethan  Club  which  he  had  founded  in  June  of  the  same  year. 

Nos.  3.  14,  27,  130,  148,  222,  230,  247,  279,  338,  419,  433,  496,  529,  541,  566,  579,  594,  685, 
724,  794,  812,  824,  847,  867,  877. 

COCK,  DR.  MORRIS  F.,  Glendale,  Ashford,  Middlesex,  England.     Physician  and  collector. 
No.  108. 

COMYN,  SIR  ROBERT,  London.    Books  sold,  March  13,  1893. 
Nos.  604,  814. 

COOPER,  JOHN,  fl.  1688. 
Nos.  141,  324. 

COPE,   SIR  ANTHONY,  Bramshill   Park,  Winchfield,   Hampshire.     Books  sold   at  Sotheby's, 
March  4,  1913. 
Nos.  803,  873. 

COPINGER,  ELIZABETH. 
No.  137. 

CORBIN,  THOMAS. 
No.  207. 

CORNEY,    BOLTON,    1784-1870.      Clerk    at    Greenwich    Hospital,    England.      Books    sold    at 
Sotheby's,   1871. 
No.  465. 

CORSER,  REV.  THOMAS,  1793-1876,  Stand,  Lancashire,  England.     Collected  English  poetry 
described  in  "Collectanea  Anglo-Poetica";  books  sold  at  auction:  Part  1,  July,  1868;  Part  2, 
March,   1869;   Part  3,  August,   1869;   Part  4,   February,   1870;   Part  5,  July,   1870;   Part   6, 
February,  1871;  Part  7,  July,  1871;  Part  8,  June,  1873. 
Nos.  184,  241,  458,  621,  719,  824. 

COSENS,  FREDERICK  W.  English  collector  of  Shakespeare,  Manuscripts,  Spanish  books,  etc. 
Books  sold  at  auction,  November,  1890. 

Nos.  265,  403. 

CRAUFURD.     Books  sold  at  auction,  July,  1876. 
Nos.  458,  537. 

CRAWFORD,  W.  H.,  "Lakelands,"  Cork,  Ireland.  Irish  collector.  Books  sold  at  auction, 
March,   1891. 

Nos.  37,  226,  356,  467,  545. 

CRICHTON  STUART,  LORD  NINIAN,  1883-1915,  Falklands,  Fife,  Scotland.  Second  son 
of  the  Third  Marquis  of  Bute,  from  whom  he  probably  inherited  part  of  his  collection. 
Killed  in  battle  in  France,  October,   1915. 

Nos.  42,  76,  102,  129,  140,  158,  181,  227,  242,  299,  300,  358,  363,  387,  417,  455,  470    493, 
519,  538,  591,  616,  651,  689,  696,  710,  743,  758,  775,  822,  845,  866,  886. 

CROUSMAKER,  ELIZABETH  MARY,  fl.  1746. 
No.  180. 

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CRUMP,  JOHN. 
No.  841. 

GUMMING,    JAMES.      Keeper    of    the    Lyon    Records    and    first    secretary    to    the    Scottish 
Antiquarian  Society.    Books  sold  in  1793. 
No.  3. 

CURZON,    WILLIAM    PENN    ASSHETON,    Gopsal,    Atherstone,    Leicestershire.      Inherited 
library  of  Charles  Jennens  of  Gopsal,  which  afterwards  descended  to  Lord  Howe. 
Nos.  4,  15,  48,  150,  171,  249,  340,  435,  473,  497,  521,  543,  580,  679,  725,  762,  779,  795,  813, 
826,  868. 

DALY,  AUGUSTIN,  1838-1899,  New  Yorlc  City.     American  theatrical  manager  and  collector. 
Books  sold  at  auction,  March,  1900. 
No.  403. 

DANIEL,   GEORGE,   1789-1864.     Collector  of  Ballads,  Shakesperiana,  Early  English.     Books 
sold  at  auction,  July,  1864. 
Nos.  17,  93,  230,  345,  375,  422,  483,  529,  568,  579,  672,  681,  723,  794,  802,  867,  877. 

DAVID,  Paris,  France.     French  bookbinder. 
Nos.  SO,  354. 

DE  COVERLEY,  ROGER,  London.     English  bookbinder.     Set  up  business  in  1863;  bound  for 
F.  S.  Ellis  and  William  Morris. 
Nos.  258,  625,  746. 

DENT,  JOHN,  1750-1826.  English  Member  of  Parliament,  F.R.S.;  F.S.A.  Collected  Incu- 
nabula, Early  English,  etc.  Books  sold  at  auction:  Part  1,  March,  1827;  Part  2,  April,  1827. 
No.  153. 

DEVONSHIRE,  VICTOR  C.  W.  CAVENDISH,  NINTH  DUKE  OF,  Chatsworth,  England. 
General  library,  collected  chiefly  by  William  George  Spencer  Cavendish,  Sixth  Duke,  1790- 
1858,  who  purchased  Thomas  Dampier's  library  in  1812,  J.  P.  Kemble's  collection  of  plays  in 
1821,  and  many  other  books  at  Roxburghe  and  other  sales.  Part  of  the  Devonshire  collection 
sold  to  H.  E.  Huntington,  New  York  City,  January,  1914. 

Nos.  2,  5,  18,  33,  54,  123,  133,  142,  151,  190,  205*,  214,  223,  231,  234,  257,  327,  346,  380, 
423,  441,  485,  502,  531,  547,  569,  582,  599,  673,  687,  701,  726,  731,  735,  781,  788,  798,  805, 
870,  878. 

DODD,  MEAD  &  CO.,  Fourth  Avenue  and  30th  Street,  New  York  City.     American  booksellers 
with  a  large,  rare  book  department,  which  became  a  separate  firm  in  1910  under  the  name 
Dodd  &  Livingston;   in  1913,  the  partnership  was  dissolved  and  business  continued   under 
Robert  H.  Dodd. 
Nos.  51,  61,  243,  282,  388,  439,  494,  539,  554,  609,  711,  759,  850,  869,  872. 

DOLBEN,  ELIZA,  fl.  1691. 
No.  107. 

DOWNES,  SARAH,  fl.  1698-1709. 
No.  807. 

DREW,  JOHN,  Easthampton,  Long  Island,  New  York.    American  actor. 
No.  205. 

DRUMMOND,  WILLIAM,   1585-1649,   Hawthornden,   Scotland.     Poet.     Presented  his   library 
to  Edinburgh  University  in  1627. 
Nos.  376,  793,  861. 

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DUYCKINCK,  EVERT  A.,  1816-1878,  New  York  City.     Author  of  literary  and  biographical 
works.     Collection  presented  to  Astor  Library  in  1878. 
No.  643. 

DYCE,  REV.  ALEXANDER,  1798-1869.     English  Shakespearean  scholar.     See  Dyce  collection. 

DYCE  COLLECTION,  Victoria  and  Albert  Museum,  London.    Alexander  Dyce  bequeathed  his 
books  and  prints  to  the  Victoria  and  Albert  Museum  in  1869. 

Nos.  12,  43,  44,  45,  1S3,  159,  244,  389,  407,  418,  495,  564,  574,  592,  712,  747*,  760,  776,  810, 
881. 

DYSON,  HUMPHREY,  fl.  1633.     Collector  of  English  literature. 
No.  878. 

EARLE,  GEORGE  H.,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.     General  collection. 
No.  245. 

EDGERTON,  JOSEPH. 
No.  717. 

EDINBURGH    UNIVERSITY,   Edinburgh,   Scotland.     Acquired   the   Drunnmond   collection   in 
1627;  the  Halliwell  collection  in  1872. 

Nos.  13,  46,  72,  160,  169,  170,  182,  246,  269,  278,  337,  364,  376,  390,  432,  456,  471,  520, 
540,  565,  578,  593,  617,  697,  744,  761,  777,  793,  808,  823,  846,  861. 

ELIZABETHAN    CLUB,    Yale    University,    New    Haven,    Connecticut.      Founded    by    A.    S. 
Cochran,  June,  1911. 

Nos.  3,  14,  27,  130,  148,  222,  230,  247,  279,  338,  419,  433,  496,  529,  541,  566,  579,  594,  685, 
724,  794,  812,  824,  847,  867,  877. 

ELLESMERE,  JOHN  FRANCIS  GRANVILLE  SCROPE  EGERTON,  FOURTH  EARL  OF. 
See  Bridgewater  House. 

ELLIS  &  ELVEY,  London.     English  booksellers. 
Nos.  52,  836. 

ETON  COLLEGE,  Eton,  England.    Shakespeare  collection  and  other  rarities  bequeathed,  1799, 
by  Anthony  Storer. 

Nos.  47,  183,  248,  339,  365,  391,  434,  457,  472,  542,  618,  713,  778,  825,  848,  882. 

EXIREY,  RICHARD,  Eton  College,  England. 
No.  772. 

FALCONBRIDGE,  W.  G.,  fl.  1885,  Toronto,  Canada. 
No.  22. 

FARMER,  DR.  RICHARD,  1735-1797.    Canon  of  St.  Paul,  London;  wrote  Essay  on  the  learning 
of  Shakespeare;  collector  of  Early  English  books  which  were  sold  at  auction.  May,  1798. 
Nos.  420,  839. 

FARRELLS,  MARMADUKE. 
No.  576. 

FFOWLE,  JO.,  fl.  1675. 
No.  702. 

FITZGERALD,  PERCY.     Books  sold  at  auction,  June,  1907. 
Nos.  352,  833. 

FLEMING,  J.,  fl.  1695. 
No.  251. 


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FOLGER,  H.  C,  26  Broadway,  New  York  City.     Has  fine  collection  of  Shakesperiana. 

Nos.  4,  15,  16,  28,  29,  30,  48,  49,  50,  51,  52,  66,  77,  78,  79,  85,  103,  120,  121,  131,  141, 
149,  150,  161,  162,  163,  171,  172,  173,  174,  184,  185,  186,  204,  249,  250,  251,  252,  253,  270, 
297,  301,  302,  303,  312,  313,  325,  326,  340,  341,  342,  343,  365,  367,  377,  378,  392,  393,  394, 
395,  408,  420,  421,  422,  435,  436,  437,  458,  459,  460,  461,  473,  474,  475,  497,  498,  499,  500, 
501,  521,  530,  543,  544,  545,  557,  567,  580,  581,  595,  596,  619,  620,  632,  642,  665,  679,  680, 
698,  699,  714,  715,  725,  762,  763,  764,  779,  780,  795,  796,  797,  803,  813,  826,  827,  828,  829, 
830,  849,  850,  851,  852,  859,  868,  869. 

FORBES,  JAMES. 
No.  403. 

FOSTER,  BIRKET.     English  collector.     Books  sold  at  auction,  June,  1894. 
Nos.  253,  345,  442. 

FREELING,  SIR  FRANCIS,   1764-1836.     English  collector.     Books  sold  at  auction,  November 
25,  1836. 
xNo.  338. 

FURNESS,  HORACE  HOWARD,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  Editor  of  the  late  volumes 
of  the  Variorum  Shakespeare.  Inherited  collection  of  Shakesperiana  from  his  father,  H.  H. 
Furness,  the  original  editor  of  the  Variorum,  who  died  in  1913. 

Nos.  17,  31,  32,  86,  95,  96,  109,  110,  187,  188,  254,  255,  314,  344,  368,  409,  438,  462,  621, 
633,  652,  745,  853. 

GAISFORD,   THOMAS,   died    1889.     English  collector  of  early  English   poetry   and   drama. 
Books  sold  at  auction,  April,   1890. 
Nos.  163,  484,  537,  563. 

GARDNER,  CECIL  DUNN.    English  collector.    Catalogue  printed  1864.    Books  sold  at  auction, 
June,   1880. 
Nos.    41,  366,  402. 

GARDNER,  JOHN  DUNN.    English  collector.    Books  sold  at  auction,  July,  1854. 
No.  424. 

GARRICK,  DAVID,  1717-1779.     English  actor.     Bequeathed  English  plays  in  January,   1779, 
to  British  Museum.     Other  books,  with  additions  by  Mrs.  Garrick,  sold  at  Saunders',  1823. 
Nos.  6,  U,  25,  40,  98,  122,  128,  168,  180.  202,  221,  239,  334,  386,  416,  430,  454,  468,  469, 
491,  518,  535,  562,  576,  614,  678,  694,  707,  729,  734,  751,  757,  774,  787,  807,  820,  843,  865. 

GENEST,   JOHN,   1764-1839.     Private  chaplain   of   Duke   of  Ancaster   and   author   of   "Some 
Account  of  the  English  Stage,"  1832. 
Nos.  115,  294,  657. 

GEORGE  III,  KING  OF  ENGLAND,  1738-1820.  Collection  acquired  by  the  British  Museum 
authorities  after  the  death  of  George  III,  in  1823. 

Nos.  26,  127,  157,  201,  220,  229,  240,  333,  385,  414,  415,  431,  490,  536,  561,  588,  615,  708, 
742,  752,  792,  842,  864,  876. 

GOERTZ-VVRISBERG,  COUNT,  Wrisbergholzen,  Hanover.     Sold  one  volume  containing  six 
genuine  and  three  spurious  plays  to  Quaritch,  August,  1902;  now  in  possession  of  Mr.  M.  J. 
Perry  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 
Nos.  262,  351,  444,  506,  553. 

GOSSE,  EDMUND.     Librarian  of  the  House  of  Lords,  London. 
No.  295. 

GOTT,  BISHOP  JOHN,  of  Truro,  Wales.  Shakespeare  collection  sold  through  Sotheran,  1907. 
Nos.  16,  161,  250,  325,  378,  498,  530,  544,  698,  796. 

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GOWER,  fi.  1704. 
No.  231. 

GRANT. 
No.  659. 

GRIFFITH,  MARY. 

No.  71. 

GRISWOLD,  ALMON  W.,  died  1890,  New  York  City.     American  collector.     His  best  books 
were   sold   privately  through   Dodd   &   Mead,   August,   1889;    but   he   had   auctions   March   6, 
1876;  January,  1878;  and  December  6,  1880. 
Nos.  164,  191,  252,  343,  369,  396,  437,  567,  654. 

GUILDHALL  LIBRARY,  London. 
No.  189. 

GWYNNE,  EDWARD.     English  collector  of  17th  century. 
Nos.  262,  351,  444,  506,  553. 

HAGGARD,  WILLIAM  HENRY.     Books  sold  at  Sotheby's,  1867. 
No.  446. 

HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS,  J.  O.,  1820-1889.  English  editor  and  collector  of  Shakespeare. 
Sale  catalogues  in  various  years,  1856-1889.  Presented  some  quartos  to  Edinburgh  Uni- 
versity, 1872;  sold  "Halliwell  Rarities"  to  M.  J.  Perry,  1897. 

Nos.  1,  13,  28,  46,  77,  121,  130,  134,  139,  146,  147,  148,  156,  160,  169,  182,  184,  185,  212, 

215,  222,  236,  246,  254,  255,  269,  278,  297,  312,  318,  324,  326,  337,  341,  360,  364,  366,  368, 

377,  384,  390.  392,  420,  432,  456,  458,  462,  471,  474,  479,  510,  520,  540,  565,  572,  578,  593, 

605,  617,  623,  627,  642,  686,  697,  699,  714,  730,  732,  738,  744,  745,  753,  761,  773,  777,  802, 
804,  808,  823,  824,  827,  834,  846,  849,  853,  880. 

HALSEY,  FREDERICK  R.,  22  West  53d  Street,  New  York  City.  American  collector  of 
first  editions  of  English,  American  and  French  books,  and  of  prints.  Sold  his  library  to 
H.  E.   Huntington,   December,   1915. 

Nos.  345,  439,  546. 

HAMMOND.     Bookbinder. 
Nos.  195,  359,  717,  769. 

HANROTT,  PHILIP  AUGUSTUS.     English  collector  of  Incunabula,  Classics,  Early  English, 
Manuscripts,   etc.,   which   were   sold    at   Evans's:   Part   1,   July,    1833;    Part   2,   August,    1833; 
Part  3,  February,  1834;  Part  4,  March,  1834;  Part  5,  March,  1835;  Part  6,  January,  1857. 
No.  550. 

HARFORD,  HENRY  CHARLES.     Books  sold  at  Sotheby's,  May  6,   1907. 
No.  30. 

HARRIS,  C.  FISKE,  Providence,  Rhode  Island.     Books  sold  at  auction,  after  his  death,  April, 
1883. 
No.  669. 

HARRISON,   WILLIAM,   Samlesbury  Hall,   Lancashire,   England.     Books   sold   at   Sotheby's, 
January,   1881. 
Nos.  148,  305,  627. 

HART,  GERALD  E.,  Montreal,  Canada.     Books  sold  at  Libbie's,  Boston,  April,  1890. 
No.  604. 

HARVARD  UNIVERSITY,  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 
Nos.  205,  653. 


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HATCHARD,  MESSRS,  187  Piccadilly,  London.     English  booksellers. 
No.  3. 

HAWKINS,  RICHARD. 
No.  180. 

HAWKINS,  Birmingham,  England.     English  bookbinder. 
No.  639. 

HAYDAY,  JAMES,   1796-1872.     English  bookbinder,  succeeded  by  William  Mansell. 
Nos.  148,  189,  349,  372.  390,  424,  548,  785,  816. 

HEBER,    RICHARD,    1773-1833,    Hodnet,    Salop,    England.      Collector    of   general    literature. 
Sale  catalogue  in  thirteen  parts,  1834-1837. 

Nos.  9,  10,  31,  134,  138,  155,  190,  215,  225,  226,  230,  328,  375,  412,  425,  483,  526,  529,  568, 
579,  680,  723,  727,  801. 

HELLMAN,  GEORGE  S.,  366  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City.    American  bookseller. 
No.  283. 

HENNELL,  EDWARD  WHITTAKER. 
No.  481. 

HERING,  CHARLES,  London.     English  bookbinder. 
No.  153. 

HERMAN,    HENRY,    1832-1894,    London.      English    dramatist.      Books    sold    at    Sotheby's, 
January  23,  1885. 
No.  297. 

HODGSON  &  COMPANY,  London.    English  auctioneers. 
No.  58. 

HOE,  ROBERT,  1839-1910,  New  York  City.    American  collector  of  Incunabula,  Classics,  French 
and  English  literature,  Americana,  Horae,  etc.     Catalogue  in  sixteen  volumes.    Books  sold  at 
auction:  Part  1,  April,  1911;  Part  2,  January,  1912;  Part  3,  April,  1912;  Part  4,  November, 
1912. 
Nos.  19,  55,  149,  263,  354,  388,  459,  492,  654,  695,  749,  883*. 

HOLBECK,  EDWARD. 
No.  786. 

HOLGATE,  WILLIAM.    Books  sold  at  auction,  June,  1846. 
Nos.  390,  548. 

HOLLAND.     Bookbinder. 
No.  208. 

HORTON,  SIR  WILLIAM,  died  1774,  Chaderton,  Lancashire.     English  collector. 
Nos.  89,  271,  636. 

HOWE,   RICHARD   GEORGE  PENN   CURZON,   EARL,   Gopsal,  Atherstone,   Leicestershire. 
Inherited  books  from  W.  P.  A.  Curzon.    Library  sold  at  auction,  December,  1907. 
Nos.  4,  15,  48,  150,  171,  249,  340,  435,  473,  497,  521,  543,  580,  679,  725,  762,  779,  795,  813, 
826,  868. 

HULME,  ELIZA,  fl.   1813. 
No.  288. 

HUNTERIAN  MUSEUM,  The  University,  Glasgow,  Scotland. 
Nos.  73,  132,  213,  716,  765. 


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HUNTINGTON,  HENRY  E.,  2  East  57tli  Street,  New  York  City.  Collector.  Purchased 
Church  collection  of  Americana  and  Early  English,  April,  1911;  Chew  collection  of  Early 
English,  October,  1912;  Kane  collection  of  Washingtoniana;  Devonshire  collection,  January, 
1914;  many  books  from  Hoe  collection,  1911-1912;  Halsey  collection,  December,  1915. 
Nos.  2,  5,  18,  19,  20,  33,  S3,  54,  123,  133,  134,  142,  151,  152,  164,  190,  191,  205*.  214,  215, 
223,  224,  231,  232,  234,  256,  257,  282,  327,  345,  346,  347,  369,  379,  380,  396,  423,  424,  439, 
440,  441,  463,  484,  485,  502,  503,  531,  546,  547,  548,  568,  569,  582,  597,  598,  622,  654,  673, 
681,  686,  687,  700,  701,  717,  726,  731,  732,  735.  739,  746,  754,  781,  782,  788,  798,  799,  804, 
805,  809,  814,  830*,  854,  870,  871,  878,  883,  883*. 

HUSSEY,  E.  W.    Books  sold  at  Sotheby's,  May  25,  1906. 
Nos.  353,  445,  494. 

HUTH,  HENRY,  1815-1878.  Collection  of  Early  English  and  Americana;  continued  by  his  son, 
Alfred,  and  catalogued  in  five  volumes  by  F.  S.  Ellis.  Bequeathed  fifty  books  to  British 
Museum  and  the  remainder  is  being  sold  at  auction:  Part  1,  1911;  Part  2,  1912;  Part  3, 
1913;  Part  4,  1914.  A.  S.  Cochran  bought  the  entire  Shakespeare  collection  en  bloc  before 
the  sale  of  Part  1  and  presented  it  to  the  Elizabethan  Club  of  Yale. 

Nos,  3,  14,  27,  130,  148,  222,  230,  247,  279,  338,  419,  433,  483,  496,  529,  566,  579,  594,  672, 
685,  723,  724,  794,  812,  824,  867,  877. 

IRELAND,  SAMUEL,  died  1800.     English  commentator  and  collector.     Books  sold  at  auction, 
May,  1801,  including  many  genuine  quartos  and  copies  of  his  son's  forgeries. 
Nos.  31,  431,  602. 

IRELAND,  W.  H.,  1777-1835.     English  literary  forger.     Forged  Shakespeare's  name  and  notes 
on  many  genuine  and  some  spurious  works,  deceived  many  authorities  including  his  father; 
finally  exposed  and  wrote  "Confessions." 
Nos.  31,  602. 

IRVING,  SIR  HENRY,  1838-1905.     English  actor.     Books  sold  at  auction,  December,  1905. 
No.  625. 

IRWIN,  THEODORE,  1825-1902,  Oswego,  New  York.     Collection  of  Americana,  Incunabula, 
Early  English;  sold  March,  1900,  to  Mr.  Morgan.     Catalogue  privately  printed  in  1887. 
Nos.  56,  192,  206,  259,  397,  504,  550,  601,  623,  666,  855. 

IVES,    GEN.    BRAYTON,    1836-1914,    New   York    City.     American   collector   of   English    and 
French  books  and  prints.     Portion  of  his  library  sold  at  auction,  March,   1891;   remainder 
sold  in   1915. 
Nos.  348,  512,  548,  754,  814,  883. 

JADIS,  HENRY.    English  collector.     Early  English  literature,  voyages  and  travels.     Privately 
printed  catalogue  appeared  1826.    Books  sold  at  Evans's,  March  3,  1828. 
Nos.  241,  422,  693. 

JENNENS,  CHARLES,  1700-1773,  Gopsal,  Atherstone,  Leicestershire.  Built  the  present 
house  and  bequeathed  his  library  to  William  Penn  Assheton  Curzon  from  whom  it  descended 
to  Lord  Howe. 

Nos.  4,  15,  48,  150,  171,  249,  340,  435,  473.  497,  521,  543,  580.  679,  725,  762,  779,  795,  813, 
826,  868. 

JERVIS.     English  bookseller. 
No.  284. 

JOHN  CARTER  BROWN  LIBRARY,  Providence,  Rhode  Island.     Begun  by  the  Brown  family 
in    the    18th    century;    greatly    enlarged    by    John    Carter    Brown,    1797-1874,    and    his    son, 
John  Nicholas  Brown,  who  left  it  to  Brown  University  in  1904. 
Nos.  258,  599. 

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JOLLEY,   SIR  THOMAS.     Collector  of  English   literature   and  history,  Americana,   Voyages, 
etc.      Sold   at   auction:   Part   1,   February,    1843;    Part   2,   June,    1843;    Part   3,   March,    1844; 
Part  4,  June,  1844;  Part  5,  June,  1851;  Part  6,  June,  1852;  Part  7,  May,  1853. 
Nos.  71,  200,  360,  467,  520.  587,  649,  684,  706,  732,  750. 

JONAS,  MAURICE,  4  Wildwood  Road,  Golders  Green,  London.    Sold  part  of  his  Shakespeare 
collection  to  H.  C.  Folger,  May,  1903:  issued  a  catalogue  of  the  remainder  as  part  of  "Notes 
of  an  Art  Collector,"   1907;   sold  some  at  Sotheby's,  March   17,   1911. 
Nos.  79,  253,  394,  410,  475,  501,  545,  620,  664,  715,  830*,  852. 

KALBFLEISCH,    CHARLES    H.,    Brooklyn,    New    York.      American    collector.      Books    sold 
privately  after  his  death. 
Nos.  50,  680,  828. 

KEAN,  CHARLES,  London.     Descendant  of  Edmund  Kean,  the  actor.     Books  sold  at  auction, 
June,  1898. 
No.  394. 

KELLEY,  B.,  fl.  1774. 
No.  492. 

KEMBLE,  JOHN  PHILIP,  1757-1823.  English  actor.  Sold  his  collection  of  old  plays  to  the 
Sixth  Duke  of  Devonshire  for  £2,000  in  1821. 

Nos.  5,  18.  133.  205*,  214,  231,  257,  327,  346,  380,  423,  441.  502.  547,  569,  582,  673,  687, 
701,  726,  731.  788.  798,  805,  870,  878. 

KERSHAW,  JOHN,  Park  House,  Willesden  Lane,  London.  Books  sold  at  auction,  July  9,  1877. 
Nos.  163.  184,  314,  368,  392,  458,  621.  719. 

KING  GEORGE  III.     See  George  III,  King  of  England. 

KINGSLEY,    DARWIN    P.,    New    York    Life    Insurance    Co.,    New    York    City.      American 
collector. 
Nos.  55,  87.  88.  118,  289.  315.  634. 

KINNEAR. 
Nos.  241,  379,  450,  550,  601.  702. 

KINSMAN,  JOHN,  Penzance,  Cornwall.     English  bookseller. 
Nos.  254,  344.  438,  565. 

KRAFFT,  Lund,  Sweden.     Owned  the  unique  Titus  Andronicus,   1594,  during  latter  part  of 
19th  century  and  sold  it,  through  Sotheran,  to  H.  C.  Folger,  in  January,  1905. 
No.  859. 

LAMB,  A.  C,  Dundee,  Scotland.     Books  sold  in  Edinburgh,  February,  1898. 
Nos.  627,  653,  721. 

LARKINS.     English  bookbinder. 
Nos.  352,  833. 

LENOX,  JAMES,  1800-1880,  New  York  City.  Collector.  Incorporated  his  library  as  Lenox 
Library,  1870,  and  left  it  to  New  York  City;  it  was  incorporated  with  the  New  York  Public 
Library,   1895.     Incimabula,  Bibles,  Americana,  Early  English. 

Nos.  34,  57,  153,  193,  261.  291.  328,  350.  370,  398,  425.  443.  464,  477,  505,  523,  552,  583, 
603,  524,  667,  702,  718.  747.  747*.  766.  783.  832.  856. 

LETTIN,  GEORGE. 

No.  733. 

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LETTSOM,  W.  NASON,  1796-1865.     Assisted  A.  Dyce  in  his  edition  of  Shakespeare  and  was 
editor  of  Walker's  notes  on  Shakespeare.    Books  sold  at  Sotheby's,  November  27,  1865. 
Nos.  134,  192. 

LEWIS,  CHARLES,  1753-1836,  London.     English  bookbinder. 

Nos.  10.  16,  22,  93,  161,  167,  241,  250,  325,  332,  338,  341,  345,  348,  378,  412,  422,  429,  458, 
489,  498,  526,  530,  544,  574,  587,  613,  672,  693,  698,  796,  811,  819,  863,  867,  877. 

LEWIS,  JOHN  DELAWARE,  1828-1884,  London.     Books  sold  at  Sotheby's,  May  26,  1868. 
No.  568. 

LIBBIE,  C.  F.  &  CO.,  Boston,  Mass.     American  auctioneers. 
Nos.  176,  627. 

LIBRARY  OF  CONGRESS,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Nos.  290.  549. 

LILLY,  JOHN.     English  bookseller. 
No.  148. 

LINCOLN  COLLEGE,  Oxford,  England. 
Nos.  80,  635. 

LOCKER-LAMPSON,  FREDERICK,  1821-1895,  Rowfant,  England.  Author  and  collector. 
Left  library  to  son  who,  after  collecting  for  some  time,  sold  the  library  to  E.  D.  Church, 
January,  1905.  A  few  books  went  to  the  Church  library,  the  rest  sold  by  Dodd,  Mead  &  Co., 
April,  1905,  to  date.     Catalogue  in  two  vols.,  1886,  1900. 

Nos.  20,  134,  152.  215,  224,  232,  243.  347,  379,  424,  439,  440,  484,  503,  554,  568,  597,  681, 
686,  700,  732,  739,  746,  799,  804,  809,  872,  883. 

LORTIC  FRERES,  Paris,  France.  French  bookbinders.  Marcelin  Lortic  established  the 
business  in   1846. 

Nos.  512,  570. 

LOSCOMBE,   REV.   C.   W.,   Clifton,  England.     Incunabula,   Early  English,   Manuscripts,   etc. 
Sold  at  auction,  June  19,  1854. 
Nos.  31,  153,  323,  SSI. 

McKEE,   THOMAS   JEFFERSON,    1840-1899,   New   York   City.     American   collector.     Books 
sold  at  auction  in  eight  parts,  1900-1902. 
Nos.  66,  186. 

MACKENZIE.     American  bookbinder. 
Nos.  505,  534,  S37,  766,  8S6. 

McMillan,  JAMES,  1838-1902.     united  States  Senator  and  benefactor  of  the  library  of  the 
University  of  Michigan,  1882-1902. 
No.  114. 

MAJOR,  J.  B. 
No.  97. 

MAJOR,  J.  W. 
No.  316. 

MALBONE,  THOMAS,  d.  1639. 
No.  456. 


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MALONE,    EDMUND,    1741-1812.      Shakespeare    critic.      Best    books    presented    to    Bodleian 
Library  in  1821.     Remainder  dispersed  in  1803,  1818  and  1825. 

Nos.  23,  38,  125,  136,  145,  178,  198,  199,  211,  218,  228,  237,  321,  322,  331,  373,  383,  411,  420, 
428,  482,  488,  515,  525,  533,  558,  573,  586,  675,  688,  692,  722,  741,  786,  790,  818,  838,  862, 
879. 

MARSH,  JOHN  FICHETT,   1818-1880.     English  collector  and  author  of  work  on  portraits  of 
Milton.     Books  sold  at  auction.  May  12,  1882. 
Nos.  176,  357,  450,  641,  680,  700,  821. 

MARSHALL,   FRANK   A.,    1840-1889,   London.     English   dramatist   and   collector   of   Drama, 
Elizabethan  literature,  etc.     Books  sold  at  auction  June-July,  1890. 
Nos.  100,  197,  625,  655,  668. 

MATHER,  DAVID,  fl.  1652. 
No.  774. 

MICHEL,  MARIUS,  Paris,  France.     French  bookbinder. 
Nos.  53,  263. 

MIDDLETON,  THOMAS,  of  Silkworth. 
Nos.  141,  324. 

MILLER,  SYDNEY  R.  CHRISTIE.     See  Britwell  Library. 

MINER,  WILLIAM  H.,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa.     Journalist. 
No.  600. 

MITFORD,    REV.    JOHN,    1781-1859,    Benhall,    Suffolk.      Collector   of    Classics,   English   and 
Continental  books  and  manuscripts,  which  were  sold  at  auction:  Part  1,  December,  1859;  Part 
2,  April,  1860;  Part  3,  July,  1860. 
Nos.  522,  602,  831. 

MONCKTON,  HORACE  W.,  3  Harcourt  Buildings,  Temple,  London. 
No.  111. 

MOORE,  SAMUEL. 
No.  564. 

MORGAN,   JOHN  PIERPONT,   New  York   City.     American   collector.     Inherited   collections 
of    Manuscripts    ancient   and    modern,    Incunabula,    and    general    literature    from    his   father, 
J.  P.  Morgan,  who  died  in  1913.    Library  in  East  36th  Street,  New  York  City. 
Nos.  56,  192,  206,  259,  348,  397,  442,  476,  504,  550,  601,  623,  666,  855. 

MOSTYN,   SIR   LLEWELYN    N.   V.   LLOYD-MOSTYN,   BARON,    Mostyn   Hall,   Holywell, 
Flintshire.     Books  sold  anonymously  at  Sotheby's,  May,  1907. 
Nos.  35,  330,  427. 

MOTTE,  A.     French  bookbinder. 
Nos.  504,  854. 

MURRAY,  JOHN,  50  Albemarle  Street,  Piccadilly,  London.     Inherited  collection  of  books  and 
manuscripts  from  his  ancestors,  the  celebrated  publishers  of  that  name. 
Nos.  260,  349,  522,  551,  602,  831. 

MURTON,  C.    English  bookbinder. 
Nos.  126,  219,  244,  374,  413,  418,  419,  495,  517,  527,  560,  677,  728,  791,  860. 

MYERS,  THEODORE  BAILEY,   New  York   City.     His  heirs  presented  books  to  New  York 
Public  Library  in  1899. 
Nos.  112,  207. 

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NEDHAM,  EDWARD. 
No.  536. 

NEW  YORK  PUBLIC  LIBRARY,  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City.    The  Astor  and  Lenox  Libra- 
ries and  Tilden  foundation,  incorporated  as  the  New  Yorit  Public  Library  in  1895.     Acquired 
the  E.  A.  Duyckinck  collection  by  gift  in  1878;  the  T.  B.  Myers  collection  by  gift  in  1899. 
Nos.  34,  57,  112,  153,  193,  207,  261,  291,  328,  350,  370,  398,  425,  443,  463,  464,  477,  505,  523, 
552,  583,  603,  624,  643,  667,  702,  718,  747,  747*,  766,  783.  832,  856. 

NIXON,  JOHN,  died  1818,  Basinghall  Street,  London.    Collector  of  English  literature.     Collec- 
tion sold  at  Evans's:  Part  1,  1817;  Part  2,  1818. 
Nos.  10,  723. 

PALMER,  EDWARD,  Kirby  Street,  Hatton  Garden,  London.  Books  sold  at  auction,  February 
14,  1681. 

No.  327. 

PAYNE,  JOHN,  died,  1787.     An  English  writer,  bookseller,  etc. 
Nos.  248,  789. 

PAYNE  &  FOSS,  1806-1825,  Pall  Mall,  London.    English  booksellers;  Thos.  Payne  (1752-1831) 
succeeded  his  father  in  book  business  in  1790;  took  in  Henry  Foss  as  partner,  1813. 
Nos.  2,  123,  223,  234,  485,  531,  735. 

PEARSON,   MAJOR  THOMAS.     Collector  of  Early  English.     Books  sold  at  auction,  April, 
1788.     Several  bought  by  King  George  III. 
No.  589. 

PENN,   SIR  WILLIAM,   1621-1670,   Stoke  Pogis,  Buckinghamshire,   England.     Admiral   under 
Cromwell  and  King  Charles  II.     Father  of  William  Penn  of  Pennsylvania. 
Nos.  216,  740. 

PERKINS,  FREDERICK,   1780-1860,   Chepstead,   Kent,  England.     Collector  of  Early  English 
books,  manuscripts,  prints,  etc.     Sold  at  auction,  July,  1889. 
Nos.  144,  197,  225,  348,  382,  513,  556,  570,  585,  691,  754,  800,  858,  875,  885. 

PERRY,  MARSDEN  J.,  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  American  collector.  Fine  Shakespeare 
collection,  sold  "Halliwell  Rarities"  to  H.  C.  Folger,  March,  1907;  has  still  a  collection  of 
folios,  some  quartos  and  Shakesperiana. 

Nos.  28,  35,  58,  74,  77,  89,  100,  121,  143,  165,  184,  216,  262,  271,  297,  312,  316,  326,  341, 
351,  366,  377,  392,  420,  444,  458,  474,  478,  506,  553,  570,  625,  636,  642,  655,  668,  690,  714, 
740,  827,  849,  872. 

PHIDSON,  M.  D. 
No.  68. 

PHINNEY,  T.   W.,   Newport,   Rhode  Island.     Bequeathed   one   quarto   to   his   daughter,   Mrs. 
Wirt  Robinson,  West  Point,  New  York. 
No.  59. 

PICKERING,    WILLIAM,    1796-1854,    Chancery    Lane,    London.      Now    Pickering   &    Chatto, 
66  Haymarket,  London.     English  booksellers. 
Nos.  34,  91,  110,  113,  115,  209,  272,  281,  286,  294,  298,  317,  320,  352,  395,  399,  657,  833. 

PIERCE.     Books  sold  at  auction,  September,  1891. 
No.  504. 

PLUMMER  OF  MIDDLESTEAD,  Selkirk,  Scotland. 
No.  3. 

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POOR,  HENRY  W.,  died  1915,  New  York  City.     Books  sold   at  auction:  Part   1,  November, 
1908;  Part  2,  April,  1909;  Part  3,  February,  1909. 
Nos.  88,  118. 

POPE,  ALEXANDER,  1688-1744.  Poet  and  Shakespeare  editor.  Pope's  quartos  were  left  to 
Warburton,  who  put  them  into  Mallet's  sale  in  1766.  Their  subsequent  history  is  not  known. 
No.  650*. 

POPE,  MRS.  N.  Q.,  Brooklyn,  New  York.     American  collector;   after  her  death,  her  husband 
sold  her  collection  to  Robert  Hoe,  December,   1895. 
Nos.  19,  53,  61,  149,  263,  354,  492.  609,  695,  749,  782,  854,  883*. 

PRATT.     English  bookbinder. 
Nos.  206,  292,  600,  777,  827. 

PRIVATE  OWNER,  NO.  1,  England. 
No.  400. 

PUTTICK  AND  SIMPSON,  47  Leicester  Square,  London.     English  auctioneers. 
No.  338. 

QUARITCH,  BERNARD,  11  Grafton  Street,  New  Bond  Street,  London.  Father,  1819-1899, 
and  son,   1871-1913,  English  booksellers. 

Nos.  22,  37,  56,  262,  265,  348,  351,  353,  372,  392,  397,  444,  445,  450,  501,  506,  507,  508,  509, 
553,  554,  590,  683,  719,  785,  816,  873. 

RAMAGE,  J.  &  Co.,  45  Creed  Lane,  Ludgate  Hill,  London.    English  bookbinders. 
No.  664. 

REED,  ISAAC,  1742-1807,  Staple  Inn,  London.     Shakespeare  editor.     Books  sold  at  King  and 
Lochee's,  November,  1807. 
No.  138. 

RHODES,  WILLIAM  BARNES,   1772-1826.     English  collector  of  the  drama.     Books  sold   at 
Sotheby's,  April,  1825. 
Nos.  390,  691. 

RICHARDSON,    GEORGE    F.,    1829-1912,    Lowell,    Massachusetts.      Collected    Early    English 
books,  now  in  possession  of  his  widow. 
Nos.  67,  604. 

RICHMOND,  GEORGE  H.  &  CO.,  New  York  City.     American  booksellers. 
No.  448. 

RILEY.    Bookbinder. 
No.  801. 

RIVIERE,  ROBERT  AND  SON,  29  Heddon  Street,  Regent  Street,  London.  English  bookbinders. 
Nos  12,  55,  68,  90,  92,  118,  149,  165,  210,  245,  253,  265,  272,  274,  280,  281,  282,  295,  297, 
353,  394,  399,  445,  492,  501,  508,  541,  545,  546,  622,  670,  671,  695,  711,  715,  719,  759,  817, 
830*,  837,  873. 

ROBINSON,   MRS.  WIRT,  West  Point,   New   York.     Inherited   one   quarto  from   her   father, 
T.  W.  Phinney  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island. 
No.  59. 

ROBSON,  CHARLES,  1735-1794,  Stockholm,  Sweden.    Early  owner  of  unique  Titus  Andronicus, 
1594. 
No.  859. 

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RODD,  THOMAS,  1763-1822,  London.     English  bookseller. 
Nos.  24,  226,  238,  429,  489,  574,  680,  693,  863. 

ROWFANT  LIBRARY.     See  Locker-Lampson. 

ROONEY,  Trinity  College,  Dublin. 
No.  1. 

ROSENBACH,   DR.   A.   S.   W.,    1320   Walnut   Street,   Philadelphia,   Pennsylvania.     American 
bookseller. 
No.  245. 

ROXBURGHE,  JOHN  KER,  DUKE  OF,  1740-1804.    English  collector.    Books  sold  at  auction, 
May-July,   1812. 

Nos.  18,  31,  33,  79,  131,  138,  146,  263,  414,  513,  520,  550,  603,  681,  700,  747,  794,  805,  876. 

SABIN,  F.  T.,  London.    English  bookseller. 
Nos.  345,  546. 

SANDARS,    S.'VMUEL,    1837-1894,    Trinity    College,    Cambridge.      Bequeathed    collection    to 
Cambridge   University,   1894. 
Nos.  41,  821,  844. 

SCHIFF,  MORTIMER  L.,  care  Kuhn,  Loeb  &  Co.,  52  William  Street,  New  York  City.     Col- 
lector of  French  and  English  books. 
No.  283. 

SEWELL,  HENRY  F.     American   collector.     Gave   prints  to  Boston  Museum;   books  sold   at 
auction:  Part  1,  November,  1896;   Part  2,  December,   1896;  Part  3,  January,   1897. 
Nos.  97,  116,  195,  402,  622,  717. 

SHAKESPEARE  BIRTHPLACE  LIBRARY,   Stratford-on-Avon,  England. 
Nos.  353,  445,  446,  465,  509,  554. 

SHAKESPEARE  MEMORIAL  LIBRARY,  Stratford-on-Avon,  England. 
Nos.  479,  510. 

SHAKSPERE  SOCIETY  OF  PHILADELPHIA,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.     Founded  by  Asa 
I.  Fish  in  1851. 
Nos.  605,  834. 

SHAW,  E. 
No.  115. 

SIMES,  N.  P.    English  collector  of  Bibles,  Manuscripts,  Early  English  and  French.    Books  sold 
at  auction,  July,  1886. 

No.  369. 

SKYNNER,  THOMAS,  fi.  1621. 
No.  487. 

SMITH,  A.  R.,  London.     English  bookseller.     Books  sold,  February,  1874. 
Nos.  187,  465. 

SMITH,  GEORGE,  Loudon.     Deputy  Lieutenant  of  the  Tov?er.     Collected  a  general   library. 
Books  sold  at  auction,  July  10,  1867. 
Nos.  236,  828. 

SMITH,  GEORGE  D.,  547  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York  City.     American  bookseller. 
Nos.  263,  354,  492,  650*,  695. 


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SMITH,  RUSSELL.    English  bookseller. 
Nos.  639,  769. 

SOTHEBY,   WILKINSON   &   HODGE,   London.     English    auctioneers.     Began   as   S.   Baker, 
c.  1744,  and  have  carried  on  business  continuously  until  the  present  day. 
Nos.  27,  37,  90,  93,  172,  208,  226,  230,  280,  282,  317,  337,  345,  356,  377,  393,  399,  408,  420, 
442,  460,  499,  539,  557,  570,  581,  592,  596,  620,  625,  667,  704,  709,  740,  747*,  759,  763,  768, 
814,  817,  828,  829,  837,  851,  871. 

SOTHERAN,  HENRY,  43  Piccadilly,  London.     English  booksellers,  firm  founded  by  Thomas 
Sotheran  in  1812. 
Nos.  644,  656. 

STAGE,  MACHELL.     Books  sold:  Part  1,  December,  1808;  Part  2,  November,  1814;  Part  3, 
April,  1835;  Part  4,  January,  1843. 

No.  788. 

STAFFORD,  GEORGE  GRANVILLE,  MARQUIS  OF.     Son  of  Marquis  of  Stafford  and  Lady 
Louisa  Egerton.    In  1833  he  became  first  Duke  of  Sutherland;  see  Bridgewater  House. 

STAPFER,  MARC. 
No.  14. 

STAUNTON,  WILLIAM,  Longbridge,  Warvfickshire. 
No.  629. 

STEEVENS,  GEORGE,  1736-1800.     Shakespeare  editor  and  English  collector.     Books  sold  at 
auction.  May,  1800. 

Nos.  18,  59,  127,  138,  146,  153,  176,  220,  227,  231,  327,  336,  417,  513,  519,  520,  525,  537,  550, 
559,  582,  681,  687,  696,  700,  743,  747,  794,  805,  822,  876. 

STEVENS,  HENRY,  now  Henry  Stevens,  Son,  &  Stiles,  Great  Russell  Street,  London.     Ameri- 
can bookseller  in  London.     Author  of  several  bibliographical  works. 

Nos.  34,  57,  153,  193,  261,  328,  350,  362,  370,  398,  425,  443,  464,  477,  505,  523,  552,  583, 
603,  624,  702,  718,  747,  747*,  766,  783,  832,  856. 

STIKEMAN  &  CO.,  114  West  32d  Street,  New  York  City.    American  bookbinders. 

No.  74. 

STORER,   ANTHONY   MORRIS,    1746-1799,   Purley   Park,   Berkshire,   England.     Bequeathed 
library  to  Eton  College,  1799. 
Nos.  47,  183,  248,  339,  365,  391,  434,  457,  472,  542,  618,  713,  778,  825,  848,  882. 

SUTHERLAND,  DUKE  OF.     See  Bridgewater  House. 

TERRY,  DR.  RODERICK,  Newport,  Rhode  Island. 
Nos.  263,  354. 

THEOBALD,  LEWIS,  1688-1744,  London.     Shakespeare  editor  and  literary  critic.     Books  sold 
at  auction,  October  30,  1744. 
Nos.  43,  417,  532,  627,  743. 

THOMAS,  GEORGE  H.,  died  1911,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.     American  collector.     Books 
sold  privately  after  his  death,  at  various  times. 
Nos.  245,  442. 

THORLO,  LORD.    Books  sold  at  Christie's,  April,  1804. 
No.  801. 

THORPE,  THOMAS.     English  bookseller. 
Nos.  153,  338,  550. 


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TITE,  SIR  WILLIAM,  1798-1873.  English  architect.  Collector  of  Early  English,  Manu- 
scripts, books  in  foreign  languages.     Books  sold  at  auction,  May,  1S74. 

Nos.  17,  31,  86,  134.  152,  163,  192,  215,  232,  368,  392,  424,  462,  537,  572,  597,  623,  681,  686, 
699,  709,  732,  739,  799,  804,  809,  855. 

TOWNSEND,  WALTER,   fl.   1894. 
No.  22. 

TRINITY  COLLEGE,  Cambridge,  England.  Acquired  the  Capell  collection  of  plays,  June, 
1779. 

Nos.  7,  21,  36,  60,  124,  135,  137,  154,  166,  175,  194,  217,  233,  235,  264,  329,  355,  371,  381, 
401,  426,  447,  466,  480,  486,  511,  524,  532,  555,  571,  584,  606,  626,  674,  682,  703,  720,  733, 
736,  748,  755,  767,  784,  789,  806,  815,  835,  857,  874,  884. 

TROWBRIDGE,  FREDERICK  K.,  115  East  37th  Street,  New  York  City.  American  collector. 
Nos.  448,  512,  607. 

TRYE,  H.  N.,  London.     Probably  a  relative  of  Canon  Trye,  who  lived  near  Cheltenham  in  the 
latter  part  of  the   19th  century.     Mr.  Trye  sold  a  copy  of  Richard  II,   1598,  to  Quaritch, 
January  21,  1890. 
No.  683. 

TUCKETT.     English  bookbinder;  worked  for  British  Museum. 
Nos.  134,  326,  386,  416,  456,  528,  562,  807,  809,  820,  865. 

UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN,  Ann  Arbor,  Michigan. 
Nos.  75,  114,  208,  318,  637,  644,  656,  669. 

UTTERSON,  ERNEST  VERNON,  1776-1856.  English  collector  of  Early  English  books  which 
he  edited  and  reprinted  at  the  Beldornie  Press,  Isle  of  Wight.  Also  collected  Incunabula, 
books  in  foreign  languages.  Manuscripts.  Books  sold  at  auction:  Part  1,  April,  1852;  Part  2, 
March,  1857. 

Nos.  163,  356,  572,  604,  719,  814. 

VALENTINE,  P.  A.,  55  Wall  Street,  New  York  City.    Collector  of  English  literature. 
Nos.  319,  449,  608. 

VAN  ANTWERP,  WILLIAM  C,  15  Broad  Street,  New  York  City.    American  collector.    Books 
sold  at  auction  in  London,  July,  1907. 
Nos.  348,  509,  554,  837. 

VERNON,  fl.  1837. 
No.  22. 

VICKERY,   JUDGE  WILLIS,   Cleveland,  Ohio.     American   lawyer   and   collector.     President 
of  Rowfant  Club. 
Nos.  68,  280. 

VOYNICH,  W.  M.,  68  Shaftesbury  Avenue,  London.  English  bookseller. 
Nos.  304,  315. 

WALKER,  FOUNTAINE.    English  collector.    Books  sold  at  Sotheby's,  May,  1893. 
No.  241. 

WALLACE,  WALTER  S.,  South  Orange,  New  Jersey.     Collector  of  English  literature. 
No.  292. 

WALTERS,  CURTIS,  31  East  27th  Street,  New  York  City.     American  bookbinder. 
Nos.  294,  657. 

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WARNER,  RICHARD,  fl.  1749-1752. 
Nos.  469,  757,  807. 

WARWICK,  FRANCIS  R.  C.  G.  GREVILLE,  FIFTH  EARL  OF,  Warwick  Castle,  Warwick- 
shire, England.     Sold  Shakespeare  quartos  en  bloc  to  H.  C.  Folger. 

Nos.  29,  49,  78,  85,  103,  120,  141,  162,  173,  185,  204,  251,  270,  301,  313,  342,  421,  436,  461, 
500,  595,  619,  632,  665,  797,  830,  851. 

WAVELL,  WILLIAM. 
No.  881. 

WAY,  MRS.  JOHN,  fl.  1869. 
No.  111. 

WEBBER,  JOHANNIS. 
No.  610. 

WHEATLEY,  HENRY  B.,  96  King  Henry's  Road,  London.     Author  of  bibliographical   and 
literary  works.     Collector  of  Early  English  books,  fine  bindings,  etc. 
Nos.  90,  209,  272,  281,  293,  670. 

WHITE,    ALFRED   T.,    14   Wall    Street,    New   York    City.      Collector    of    Americana;    some 
English  books. 
Nos.  356,  450. 

WHITE,  W.  A.,  14  Wall  Street,  New  York  City.  American  collector  of  Shakespeare,  Blake 
and  general  Early  English.     Handlist  issued,  March,  1914. 

Nos.  22,  37,  61,  69,  91,  97,  101,  115,  116,  144,  176,  195,  225,  226,  265,  273,  284,  294,  298,  320, 
330,  357,  372,  382,  402,  403,  410,  427,  467,  481,  513,  556,  572,  585,  590,  609,  627,  638,  645, 
657,  658,  683,  691,  704,  721,  749,  768,  785,  800,  816,  836,  858,  875,  885. 

WHITE  KNIGHTS  (library  of  Fifth  Duke  of  Marlborough,  while  Marquis  of  Blandford). 
Early  English,  romances  and  poems  in  various  languages;  books  sold  at  Evans',  June,  1819. 
No.  794. 

WIGHALOGER,  MATTHEW. 

No.  48. 

WILLIAMS   BOOK   SHOP,    Cheltenham,    England.     Early    19th   century   shop;    the   contents 
were  sold  en  bloc  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Williams  in  the  latter  part  of  the  19th  century. 
No.  683. 

WINANS,  ROSS,  died  1912,  Baltimore,  Maryland. 
No.  507. 

WINDSOR   CASTLE,    Windsor,    England.     Private    royal    library   founded    by   William   IV, 
largely  augmented  by  Queen  Victoria. 
No.  514. 

WINDUS,   BENJAMIN   GODFREY,   Tottenham   Green,   England.     Books   sold    at   Sotheby's, 
March  23,  1868. 
Nos.  148,  390,  548,  697. 

WOLFRESTON,  FRANCIS. 
Nos.  362,  621,  709. 

WOOD,  ANTHONY  a,  1632-1695,  Oxford,  England,  author  of  Athens  Oxonienses.    Bequeathed 
some  of  his  books  to  the  Ashmolean  Museum,  Oxford,  in  1695. 
No.  Gil. 

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WRENN,  JOHN   HENRY,   died   1912,  Chicago,  Illinois.     American  collector.     Books  now  in 
possession  of  his  estate. 
Nos.  92,  210,  274,  295,  671,  837. 

YALE  UNIVERSITY,  New  Haven,  Connecticut.     (See  also  Elizabethan  Club.) 
Nos.  119,  285. 

YOUNG,  CHARLES,  fl.  1837. 
No.  22. 

ZAEHNSDORF,  JOSEPH  WILLIAM,  144  Shaftesbury  Avenue,  London.     English  bookbinder. 
Nos.  56,  397,  590. 


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